Registered Nurses in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,058
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$16,132
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,787
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
$84,190
Kept after tax
$68,058
Worth in national money
$65,787
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 34 of 51 states for registered nurses, with a middle wage of $84,190. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, registered nurses comes in at 90 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $84,190 the take-home is $68,058; in national-average money that behaves like $65,787. The average comes to $90,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 34 of 51 for registered nurses at $84,190. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Registered nurses ranks 90 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for registered nurses in Florida, on $84,190, is $68,058; deflated by the state's price level, $65,787. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $90,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Registered Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,330 |
| This salary | $84,190 |
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 | $68,058 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,058 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,249 |
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 | $84,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,870 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,190 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $67,970 and the ninetieth is $120,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $68,058, worked from $84,190. 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 90 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,787, the adjusted value of that $84,190 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 90 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $84,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $67,970 to $120,330. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Florida take-home of $68,058, on $84,190 for work ranking 90 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 90 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $65,787 — the adjusted value of that $84,190 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 90 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 $90,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $67,970 at the tenth percentile, $120,330 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $65,787 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $68,058 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $90,650. 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 ($67,970 to $120,330) 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 $65,787 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 $68,058 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.