Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,945
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$10,235
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,178
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$63,180
Kept after tax
$52,945
Worth in national money
$51,178
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $63,180, ranking 21 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 171.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $63,180 the take-home is $52,945; in national-average money that behaves like $51,178. The average comes to $66,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida occupies the middle band for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other: a median of $63,180, ranking 21 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, life, physical, and social science technicians, all other sits at 171 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other in Florida, on $63,180, is $52,945; deflated by the state's price level, $51,178. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $66,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,690 |
| This salary | $63,180 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $52,945 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,306 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $63,180 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,998 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,180 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,240 and the ninetieth is $104,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $52,945 take-home in Florida comes from $63,180. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 171 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,178 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 171.
- The Florida median of $63,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,240 to $104,690. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $52,945, from $63,180, assumes a single Florida filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 171 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,178, worked from $63,180, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 171 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $66,670, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,240 at the bottom tenth to $104,690 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $51,178 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $52,945 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Florida is $66,670. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,240) and the ninetieth ($104,690) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $51,178 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $52,945 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.