Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,362
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,668
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,082
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
$45,030
Kept after tax
$38,362
Worth in national money
$37,082
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,030, ranking 36 of 48 states — about 2.47% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 359 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,030 the take-home is $38,362. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,082 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $45,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 36 of 48 for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, with a median of $45,030 — about 2.47% 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.
- Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ranks 359 of 493 occupations in Florida by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $38,362 for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, from $45,030. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,082. ⚠️ 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 $45,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,710 |
| This salary | $45,030 |
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 | $38,362 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,362 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,395 |
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 | $45,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,897 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in Florida earn under $45,030 and half over. The published range runs $36,290 at the tenth percentile to $56,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,362 take-home in Florida comes from $45,030. 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 359 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,082 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 359.
- Figures are distribution medians for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,290 to $56,710; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $38,362, from $45,030, 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 359 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,082, worked from $45,030, 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 359 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,290 and the top tenth $56,710, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $37,082 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,362 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. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,290 to $56,710) 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 $37,082 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 $38,362 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.