New Accounts Clerks in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,085
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,845
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,781
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
$45,930
Kept after tax
$39,085
Worth in national money
$37,781
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 28 of 45 states for new accounts clerks, with a middle wage of $45,930. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 344.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,930 the take-home is $39,085. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,781 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $48,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 28 of 45 for new accounts clerks at $45,930. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, new accounts clerks sits at 344 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $39,085 for new accounts clerks, from $45,930. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,781. ⚠️ 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 $48,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,120 |
| This salary | $45,930 |
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 | $39,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,085 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,440 |
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 | $45,930 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,951 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,930 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,070 and the ninetieth is $61,120 — 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 $39,085, worked from $45,930. 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 344 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,781 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 344.
- The Florida median of $45,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,070 to $61,120. 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 $39,085, on $45,930 for work ranking 344 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 344 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,781, worked from $45,930, 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 344 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $48,700 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,070 at the bottom tenth to $61,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,781 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,085 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $48,700. 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 ($40,070 to $61,120) 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 $37,781 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 $39,085 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.