Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,315
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$17,505
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,935
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
$88,820
Kept after tax
$71,315
Worth in national money
$68,935
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $88,820. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 80 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $88,820 the take-home is $71,315. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $68,935 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $90,680, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 26 of 51 for occupational health and safety specialists at $88,820. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Occupational health and safety specialists ranks 80 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $71,315 for occupational health and safety specialists, from $88,820. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,935. ⚠️ 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 $90,680 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,120 |
| This salary | $88,820 |
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 | $71,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,453 |
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 | $88,820 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,151 |
| 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 $88,820. The published range is $49,050 up to $133,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $71,315 take-home in Florida comes from $88,820. 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 80 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,935 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 80.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational health and safety specialists in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,050 to $133,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $71,315, from $88,820, 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 80 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,935, worked from $88,820, 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 80 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,050, the highest tenth $133,120, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $68,935 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $71,315 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,050) and the ninetieth ($133,120) 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 $68,935 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 $71,315 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.