News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,370
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,360
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,722
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
$58,730
Kept after tax
$49,370
Worth in national money
$47,722
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Florida's middle earner gets $58,730, putting the state 15 of 48 — about 5.58% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 222.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $58,730 the take-home is $49,370. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,722 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $72,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For news analysts, reporters, and journalists, Florida sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,730, ranking 15 of 48 and running about 5.58% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, news analysts, reporters, and journalists sits at 222 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 $49,370 for news analysts, reporters, and journalists, from $58,730. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,722. ⚠️ 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 $72,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,560 |
| This salary | $58,730 |
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 | $49,370 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,370 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,083 |
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 | $58,730 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,728 |
| 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 $58,730. The published range is $39,380 up to $122,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $49,370, from $58,730, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 222 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,722, the adjusted value of that $58,730 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 222 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for news analysts, reporters, and journalists in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,380 to $122,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,370 from $58,730. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 222 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $47,722 — the adjusted value of that $58,730 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 222 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 $72,580 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,380 at the bottom tenth to $122,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $47,722 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $49,370 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $72,580. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,380) and the ninetieth ($122,560) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $47,722 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 $49,370 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.