Medical Equipment Preparers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,053
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,837
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,749
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
$45,890
Kept after tax
$39,053
Worth in national money
$37,749
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays medical equipment preparers around $45,890 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 346.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,890, tax leaves $39,053 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $37,749 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $46,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- For medical equipment preparers the Florida median is $45,890, ranking 31 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, medical equipment preparers sits at 346 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.
- After tax, $39,053 remains from the Florida median of $45,890 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $37,749 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,000 |
| This salary | $45,890 |
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 | $39,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,438 |
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 | $45,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,949 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,890 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,630 and the ninetieth is $62,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $39,053, worked from $45,890. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 346 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,749, the adjusted value of that $45,890 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 346 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $45,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,630 to $62,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Florida take-home of $39,053, on $45,890 for work ranking 346 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 346 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $37,749 — the adjusted value of that $45,890 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 346 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,630 at the bottom tenth to $62,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,749 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,053 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,630 to $62,000) 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 $37,749 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 $39,053 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.