Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,824
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$13,926
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,727
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
$76,750
Kept after tax
$62,824
Worth in national money
$60,727
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays this job around $76,750 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 120 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $76,750 the take-home is $62,824; in national-average money that behaves like $60,727. The average lands at $74,760, below the middle of the range.
- For radiologic technologists and technicians the Florida median is $76,750, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Florida, radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 120 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.
- Take-home for radiologic technologists and technicians in Florida, on $76,750, is $62,824; deflated by the state's price level, $60,727. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $74,760 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,020 |
| This salary | $76,750 |
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 | $62,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,824 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,923 |
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 | $76,750 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,418 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of radiologic technologists and technicians in Florida earn under $76,750 and half over. The published range runs $51,390 at the tenth percentile to $99,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $62,824, from $76,750, 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 120 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 $60,727, the adjusted value of that $76,750 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 120 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiologic technologists and technicians in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,390 to $99,020; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,824 from $76,750. 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 120 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $60,727 — the adjusted value of that $76,750 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 120 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,390 at the tenth percentile, $99,020 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 $60,727 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $62,824 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,390 to $99,020) 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 $60,727 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 $62,824 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.