Postal Service Mail Carriers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,298
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,832
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,586
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
$61,130
Kept after tax
$51,298
Worth in national money
$49,586
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for postal service mail carriers. The middle earner takes $61,130, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.96% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 190.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,130 the take-home is $51,298; in national-average money that behaves like $49,586. The average comes to $62,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for postal service mail carriers, at $61,130 — about 0.96% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, postal service mail carriers sits at 190 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 postal service mail carriers in Florida, on $61,130, is $51,298; deflated by the state's price level, $49,586. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $62,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postal Service Mail Carriers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,040 |
| This salary | $61,130 |
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 | $51,298 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,298 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,203 |
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 | $61,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,874 |
| 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 $61,130. The published range is $42,390 up to $81,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $51,298, worked from $61,130. 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 190 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,586 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 190.
- Reported values are medians; for postal service mail carriers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,390 to $81,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $51,298, on $61,130 for work ranking 190 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 190 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,586, worked from $61,130, 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 190 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,390 at the tenth percentile, $81,040 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 $49,586 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,298 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.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,390 to $81,040) 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 $49,586 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 $51,298 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.