Marriage and Family Therapists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,497
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$8,903
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,913
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
$56,400
Kept after tax
$47,497
Worth in national money
$45,913
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for marriage and family therapists. The middle earner takes $56,400, ranking 33 of 45 states — about 15.75% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Marriage and family therapists ranks 244 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $56,400 the take-home is $47,497. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $45,913 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $64,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 33 of 45 for marriage and family therapists, with a median of $56,400 — about 15.75% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 244 of 493 in Florida places marriage and family therapists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $47,497 for marriage and family therapists, from $56,400. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,913. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $64,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,280 |
| This salary | $56,400 |
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 | $47,497 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,497 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,966 |
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 | $56,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,587 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,400 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,460 and the ninetieth is $102,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,497 take-home in Florida comes from $56,400. 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 244 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,913 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 244.
- The Florida median of $56,400 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,460 to $102,280. 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 $47,497, from $56,400, 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 244 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,913, worked from $56,400, 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 244 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 $64,890, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $39,460 and the top tenth $102,280 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $45,913 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,497 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $64,890. 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 ($39,460) and the ninetieth ($102,280) 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 $45,913 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 $47,497 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.