Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,206
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$21,674
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,496
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
$102,880
Kept after tax
$81,206
Worth in national money
$78,496
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Florida's middle earner gets $102,880, putting the state 1 of 50 — about 6.43% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 44 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $102,880, tax leaves $81,206 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $78,496 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $106,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents, Florida sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $102,880, ranking 1 of 50 and running about 6.43% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, postmasters and mail superintendents sits 44 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $81,206 remains from the Florida median of $102,880 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $78,496 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $106,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $90,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,940 |
| This salary | $102,880 |
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 | $81,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,070 |
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 | $102,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,004 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,880 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $90,650 and the ninetieth is $126,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $81,206, from $102,880, 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 44 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 $78,496, the adjusted value of that $102,880 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 44 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $102,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $90,650 to $126,940. 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 $81,206 from $102,880. 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 44 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $78,496 — the adjusted value of that $102,880 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 44 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $106,330, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $90,650 at the bottom tenth to $126,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $78,496 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $81,206 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 $106,330. 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 ($90,650 to $126,940) 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 $78,496 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 $81,206 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.