Physical Therapist Assistants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,855
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$12,675
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,858
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
$72,530
Kept after tax
$59,855
Worth in national money
$57,858
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Florida pays physical therapist assistants a middle wage of $72,530, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 6.07% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 139.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $72,530 the take-home is $59,855; in national-average money that behaves like $57,858. The average lands at $71,110, below the middle of the range.
- Florida's median for physical therapist assistants is $72,530, about 6.07% above the national figure and 13 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, physical therapist assistants sits at 139 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.
- Take-home for physical therapist assistants in Florida, on $72,530, is $59,855; deflated by the state's price level, $57,858. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $71,110 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,080 |
| This salary | $72,530 |
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 | $59,855 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,855 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,737 |
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 | $72,530 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,162 |
| 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 $72,530. The published range is $58,650 up to $81,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $59,855 take-home in Florida comes from $72,530. 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 139 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,858, the adjusted value of that $72,530 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 139 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for physical therapist assistants in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,650 to $81,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $59,855, from $72,530, 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 139 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $57,858 — the adjusted value of that $72,530 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 139 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $58,650 at the tenth percentile, $81,080 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 $57,858 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $59,855 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,650 to $81,080) 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 $57,858 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 $59,855 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.