Physician Assistants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$99,861
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$29,759
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,529
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
$129,620
Kept after tax
$99,861
Worth in national money
$96,529
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays physician assistants a middle wage of $129,620, 39 of 51 states and about 4.61% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 20 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $129,620 the take-home is $99,861. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $96,529 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $134,470, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $129,620 median for physician assistants places it 39 of 51 states, about 4.61% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Florida, physician assistants ranks 20 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $99,861 for physician assistants, from $129,620. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $96,529. ⚠️ 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 $134,470 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $181,610 |
| This salary | $129,620 |
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 | $99,861 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,861 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,235 |
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 | $129,620 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,835 |
| 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 physician assistants in Florida earn under $129,620 and half over. The published range runs $98,530 at the tenth percentile to $181,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $99,861, worked from $129,620. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 20 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $96,529 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 20.
- Figures are distribution medians for physician assistants in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $98,530 to $181,610; 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.
- The Florida take-home of $99,861, on $129,620 for work ranking 20 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 20 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $96,529, worked from $129,620, 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 20 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 $134,470 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $98,530 at the bottom tenth to $181,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $96,529 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $99,861 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $134,470. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($98,530 to $181,610) 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 $96,529 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 $99,861 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.