Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,042
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,568
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,639
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
$49,610
Kept after tax
$42,042
Worth in national money
$40,639
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays this job around $49,610 at the midpoint, 27 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 283.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $49,610 the take-home is $42,042. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $40,639 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $55,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders the Florida median is $49,610, ranking 27 of 50 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.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 283 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $42,042 for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $49,610. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,639. ⚠️ 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 $55,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,280 |
| This salary | $49,610 |
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 | $42,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,625 |
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 | $49,610 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,175 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,610 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,210 and the ninetieth is $82,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $42,042 take-home in Florida comes from $49,610. 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 283 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,639 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 283.
- The Florida median of $49,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,210 to $82,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $42,042, from $49,610, 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 283 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,639, worked from $49,610, 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 283 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,210 at the bottom tenth to $82,280 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $40,639 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $42,042 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $55,090. 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 ($32,210) and the ninetieth ($82,280) 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 $40,639 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 $42,042 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.