Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,719
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,691
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,027
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
$60,410
Kept after tax
$50,719
Worth in national money
$49,027
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $60,410. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 16.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 204 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,410 the take-home is $50,719. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,027 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $61,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education, Florida sits in the lower band at $60,410, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 16.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 204 of 493 in Florida places secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education 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 $50,719 for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education, from $60,410. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,027. ⚠️ 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 $61,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,100 |
| This salary | $60,410 |
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 | $50,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,719 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,167 |
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 | $60,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,830 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,410 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,210 and the ninetieth is $77,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $50,719, from $60,410, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 204 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $49,027, the adjusted value of that $60,410 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 204 of 493 locally.
- The Florida median of $60,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,210 to $77,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,719 from $60,410. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 204 of 493 locally.
- This $49,027 adjusted figure, worked from $60,410, 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 204 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 204 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,210 at the bottom tenth to $77,100 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $49,027 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,719 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,210 to $77,100) 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 $49,027 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 $50,719 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.