Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,920
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,740
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,221
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
$60,660
Kept after tax
$50,920
Worth in national money
$49,221
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $60,660, 35 of 51 states and about 13.33% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 198 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,660 the take-home is $50,920. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,221 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $73,070, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $60,660 median for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel places it 35 of 51 states, about 13.33% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 198 of 493 in Florida places sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel 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 $50,920 for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, from $60,660. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,221. ⚠️ 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 $73,070 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,730 |
| This salary | $60,660 |
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 | $50,920 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,920 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,179 |
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 | $60,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,845 |
| 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 $60,660. The published range is $35,550 up to $129,730, 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 $50,920, worked from $60,660. 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 198 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,221 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 198.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,550 to $129,730. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $50,920, on $60,660 for work ranking 198 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 198 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,221, worked from $60,660, 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 198 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 $73,070, 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 $35,550 and the top tenth $129,730 — 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 $49,221 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,920 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $73,070. 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 ($35,550) and the ninetieth ($129,730) 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 $49,221 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 $50,920 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.