Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,217
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$3,943
12.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,309
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
$31,160
Kept after tax
$27,217
Worth in national money
$26,309
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $31,160, ranking 48 of 50 states — about 18.64% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 481 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $31,160 the take-home is $27,217. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $26,309 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $34,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 48 of 50 for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, with a median of $31,160 — about 18.64% 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.
- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers occupies position 481 of 493 in Florida's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $27,217 for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, from $31,160. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $26,309. ⚠️ 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 $34,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,170 |
| This salary | $31,160 |
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 | $27,217 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,217 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,699 |
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 | $31,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,055 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $31,160. The published range is $27,240 up to $46,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $27,217 take-home in Florida comes from $31,160. 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 481 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,309, the adjusted value of that $31,160 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 481 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,240 to $46,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $27,217, from $31,160, 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 481 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $26,309 — the adjusted value of that $31,160 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 481 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $34,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,240 and the top tenth $46,170, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $26,309 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $27,217 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $34,740. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,240 to $46,170) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
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 $26,309 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 $27,217 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.