Office Clerks, General in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,896
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,554
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,631
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
$44,450
Kept after tax
$37,896
Worth in national money
$36,631
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays office clerks, general around $44,450 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Office clerks, general ranks 362 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,450 the take-home is $37,896; in national-average money that behaves like $36,631. The average comes to $46,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For office clerks, general the Florida median is $44,450, ranking 28 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 362 of 493 in Florida places office clerks, general 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 office clerks, general in Florida, on $44,450, is $37,896; deflated by the state's price level, $36,631. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $46,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,110 |
| This salary | $44,450 |
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 | $37,896 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,366 |
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 | $44,450 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,862 |
| 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 office clerks, general in Florida earn under $44,450 and half over. The published range runs $30,880 at the tenth percentile to $65,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $37,896, from $44,450, 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 362 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 $36,631, the adjusted value of that $44,450 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 362 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for office clerks, general in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,880 to $65,110; 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.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,896 from $44,450. 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 362 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $36,631 — the adjusted value of that $44,450 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 362 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 $46,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $30,880 and the top tenth $65,110 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $36,631 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,896 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $46,530. 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 ($30,880) and the ninetieth ($65,110) 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 $36,631 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 $37,896 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.