Property Appraisers and Assessors in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,906
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$10,714
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,074
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
$65,620
Kept after tax
$54,906
Worth in national money
$53,074
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 21 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,620. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 154.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $65,620 the take-home is $54,906. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $53,074 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $72,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 21 of 50 for property appraisers and assessors at $65,620. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, property appraisers and assessors sits at 154 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $54,906 for property appraisers and assessors, from $65,620. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,074. ⚠️ 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 $72,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,240 |
| This salary | $65,620 |
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 | $54,906 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,906 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,428 |
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 | $65,620 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,146 |
| 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 $65,620. The published range is $37,840 up to $108,240, 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 $54,906, worked from $65,620. 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 154 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,074 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 154.
- Reported values are medians; for property appraisers and assessors in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,840 to $108,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $54,906, on $65,620 for work ranking 154 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 154 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,074, worked from $65,620, 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 154 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $72,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,840, the highest tenth $108,240, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $53,074 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,906 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $72,820. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,840) and the ninetieth ($108,240) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $53,074 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 $54,906 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.