Sewing Machine Operators in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,912
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,358
13.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,948
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
$33,270
Kept after tax
$28,912
Worth in national money
$27,948
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for sewing machine operators. The middle earner takes $33,270, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 9.27% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 477 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $33,270, tax leaves $28,912 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $27,948 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $34,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 45 of 50 for sewing machine operators, with a median of $33,270 — about 9.27% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Sewing machine operators occupies position 477 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.
- After tax, $28,912 remains from the Florida median of $33,270 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $27,948 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $34,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sewing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,230 |
| This salary | $33,270 |
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 | $28,912 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,912 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,805 |
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 | $33,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,183 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,270 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,360 and the ninetieth is $46,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,912 take-home in Florida comes from $33,270. 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 477 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,948, the adjusted value of that $33,270 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 477 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $33,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,360 to $46,230. 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 $28,912, from $33,270, 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 477 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $27,948 — the adjusted value of that $33,270 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 477 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 $34,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,360 at the bottom tenth to $46,230 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $27,948 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $28,912 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $34,750. 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 ($27,360 to $46,230) 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 $27,948 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 $28,912 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.