Psychiatrists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$225,326
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$90,874
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$217,807
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
$316,200
Kept after tax
$225,326
Worth in national money
$217,807
State rank
7
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for psychiatrists. The middle earner takes $316,200, which ranks 7 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 12.18% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 1 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $316,200, tax leaves $225,326 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $217,807 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $328,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 7 of 46 states publishing a median for psychiatrists, at $316,200 — about 12.18% 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.
- Within Florida, psychiatrists ranks 1 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.
- After tax, $225,326 remains from the Florida median of $316,200 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $217,807 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $328,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $316,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $568,460 |
| This salary | $316,200 |
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 | $225,326 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $225,326 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,069 |
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 | $316,200 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,822 |
| 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 $316,200. The published range is $71,680 up to $568,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $225,326 take-home in Florida comes from $316,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 1 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $217,807 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 1.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatrists in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $71,680 to $568,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $225,326, from $316,200, assumes a single Florida filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 1 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $217,807, worked from $316,200, 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 1 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 $328,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $71,680, the highest tenth $568,460, 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 $217,807 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $225,326 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 $328,060. 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 ($71,680) and the ninetieth ($568,460) 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 $217,807 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 $225,326 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.