Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,446
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,624
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,763
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
$60,070
Kept after tax
$50,446
Worth in national money
$48,763
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays this job around $60,070 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 207 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,070 the take-home is $50,446. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,763 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $58,360, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For security and fire alarm systems installers the Florida median is $60,070, ranking 25 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 207 of 493 in Florida places security and fire alarm systems installers 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 $50,446 for security and fire alarm systems installers, from $60,070. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,763. ⚠️ 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 $58,360 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,770 |
| This salary | $60,070 |
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 | $50,446 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,446 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,150 |
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 | $60,070 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,809 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,070 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,570 and the ninetieth is $75,770 — 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 $50,446, worked from $60,070. 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 207 of 493.
- Two cautions on $48,763, the adjusted value of that $60,070 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 207 of 493 locally.
- The Florida median of $60,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,570 to $75,770. 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 $50,446, on $60,070 for work ranking 207 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 207 of 493 in the state.
- This $48,763 adjusted figure, worked from $60,070, 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 207 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 207 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,570 and the top tenth $75,770, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $48,763 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,446 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 ($38,570 to $75,770) 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 $48,763 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 $50,446 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.