Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,840
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,720
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,144
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
$60,560
Kept after tax
$50,840
Worth in national money
$49,144
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,560, which ranks 8 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 16.46% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 200 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,560 the take-home is $50,840. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,144 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $63,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 8 of 45 states publishing a median for recreational vehicle service technicians, at $60,560 — about 16.46% 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.
- Position 200 of 493 in Florida places recreational vehicle service technicians 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $50,840 for recreational vehicle service technicians, from $60,560. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,144. ⚠️ 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 $63,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,300 |
| This salary | $60,560 |
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 | $50,840 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,840 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,174 |
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 | $60,560 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,839 |
| 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 recreational vehicle service technicians in Florida earn under $60,560 and half over. The published range runs $43,800 at the tenth percentile to $79,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $50,840, worked from $60,560. 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 200 of 493.
- Two cautions on $49,144, the adjusted value of that $60,560 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 200 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreational vehicle service technicians in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,800 to $79,300; 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.
- The Florida take-home of $50,840, on $60,560 for work ranking 200 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 200 of 493 in the state.
- This $49,144 adjusted figure, worked from $60,560, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 200 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 200 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 $63,200 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,800 and the top tenth $79,300, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,144 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,840 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 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 $63,200. 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 ($43,800 to $79,300) 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 $49,144 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 $50,840 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.