Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,175
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,155
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,101
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
$37,330
Kept after tax
$32,175
Worth in national money
$31,101
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $37,330, ranking 26 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 426 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,330, tax leaves $32,175 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $31,101 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida occupies the middle band for motor vehicle operators, all other: a median of $37,330, ranking 26 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Motor vehicle operators, all other occupies position 426 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.
- After tax, $32,175 remains from the Florida median of $37,330 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $31,101 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,960 |
| This salary | $37,330 |
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 | $32,175 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,175 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,009 |
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 | $37,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,430 |
| 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 motor vehicle operators, all other in Florida earn under $37,330 and half over. The published range runs $29,500 at the tenth percentile to $50,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,175 take-home in Florida comes from $37,330. 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 426 of 493.
- Two cautions on $31,101, the adjusted value of that $37,330 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 426 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motor vehicle operators, all other in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,500 to $50,960; 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 $32,175, from $37,330, 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 426 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- This $31,101 adjusted figure, worked from $37,330, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 426 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 426 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 $39,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,500 at the bottom tenth to $50,960 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 $31,101 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $32,175 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.
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 $39,350. 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 ($29,500 to $50,960) 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 $31,101 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 $32,175 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.