Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,910
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,580
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,779
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
$39,490
Kept after tax
$33,910
Worth in national money
$32,779
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $39,490, ranking 34 of 50 states — about 11.04% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 399 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $39,490 the take-home is $33,910. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $32,779 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 34 of 50 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, with a median of $39,490 — about 11.04% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks occupies position 399 of 493 in Florida's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $33,910 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, from $39,490. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,779. ⚠️ 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 $46,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,620 |
| This salary | $39,490 |
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 | $33,910 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,910 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,117 |
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 | $39,490 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,561 |
| 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 $39,490. The published range is $32,130 up to $78,620, 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 $33,910, worked from $39,490. 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 399 of 493.
- Two cautions on $32,779, the adjusted value of that $39,490 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 399 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,130 to $78,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $33,910, on $39,490 for work ranking 399 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 399 of 493 in the state.
- This $32,779 adjusted figure, worked from $39,490, 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 399 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 399 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 $46,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,130 and the top tenth $78,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $32,779 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $33,910 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $46,820. 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 ($32,130) and the ninetieth ($78,620) 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 $32,779 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 $33,910 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.