Residential Advisors in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,850
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,810
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,687
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
$40,660
Kept after tax
$34,850
Worth in national money
$33,687
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for residential advisors. The median is $40,660, ranking 23 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 389 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $40,660 the take-home is $34,850. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,687 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $43,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida occupies the middle band for residential advisors: a median of $40,660, ranking 23 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Residential advisors occupies position 389 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 $34,850 for residential advisors, from $40,660. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,687. ⚠️ 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 $43,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,780 |
| This salary | $40,660 |
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 | $34,850 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,850 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,176 |
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 | $40,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,632 |
| 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 residential advisors in Florida earn under $40,660 and half over. The published range runs $31,200 at the tenth percentile to $58,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,850 take-home in Florida comes from $40,660. 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 389 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,687 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 389.
- Figures are distribution medians for residential advisors in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,200 to $58,780; 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.
- Retained pay of $34,850, from $40,660, 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 389 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,687, worked from $40,660, 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 389 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 $43,270, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,200 and the top tenth $58,780, 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 $33,687 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $34,850 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 $43,270. 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 ($31,200 to $58,780) 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 $33,687 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 $34,850 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.