Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,126
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,834
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,687
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
$50,960
Kept after tax
$43,126
Worth in national money
$41,687
State rank
43
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $50,960. That is 43 of 46 states, and about 23.1% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 267 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $50,960 the take-home is $43,126; in national-average money that behaves like $41,687. The average comes to $52,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, Florida sits in the lower band at $50,960, ranking 43 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 23.1%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 267 of 493 in Florida places probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 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 probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Florida, on $50,960, is $43,126; deflated by the state's price level, $41,687. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,940 |
| This salary | $50,960 |
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 | $43,126 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,693 |
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 | $50,960 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,257 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,960 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,350 and the ninetieth is $64,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $43,126, from $50,960, 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 267 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,687 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 267.
- The Florida median of $50,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,350 to $64,940. 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 $43,126 from $50,960. 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 267 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,687, worked from $50,960, 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 267 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 $52,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,350 at the tenth percentile, $64,940 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,687 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $43,126 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $52,570. 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 ($38,350 to $64,940) 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 $41,687 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 $43,126 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.