Occupational Therapy Assistants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,222
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$12,408
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,246
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
$71,630
Kept after tax
$59,222
Worth in national money
$57,246
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 20 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $71,630. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 141 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $71,630 the take-home is $59,222; in national-average money that behaves like $57,246. The average lands at $70,310, below the middle of the range.
- Florida ranks 20 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants at $71,630. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 141 of 493 in Florida places occupational therapy assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for occupational therapy assistants in Florida, on $71,630, is $59,222; deflated by the state's price level, $57,246. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $70,310 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,350 |
| This salary | $71,630 |
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 | $59,222 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,698 |
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 | $71,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,108 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $71,630 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,890 and the ninetieth is $79,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $59,222, from $71,630, 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 141 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,246 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 141.
- The Florida median of $71,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,890 to $79,350. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,222 from $71,630. 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 141 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,246, worked from $71,630, 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 141 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,890 at the tenth percentile, $79,350 at the ninetieth.
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 $57,246 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $59,222 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,890 to $79,350) 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 $57,246 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 $59,222 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.