Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,029
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,631
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,027
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
$34,660
Kept after tax
$30,029
Worth in national money
$29,027
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays shuttle drivers and chauffeurs around $34,660 at the midpoint, 33 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Florida publishes, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs lands at 462. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $34,660, tax leaves $30,029 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,027 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $35,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- For shuttle drivers and chauffeurs the Florida median is $34,660, ranking 33 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.
- Within Florida, this work ranks 462 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $30,029 remains from the Florida median of $34,660 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,027 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $35,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,460 |
| This salary | $34,660 |
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 | $30,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,875 |
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 | $34,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,268 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Florida earn under $34,660 and half over. The published range runs $27,540 at the tenth percentile to $44,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,029 take-home in Florida comes from $34,660. 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 462 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,027 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 462.
- Figures are distribution medians for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,540 to $44,460; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $30,029, from $34,660, 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 462 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,027, worked from $34,660, 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 462 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,540 at the bottom tenth to $44,460 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 $29,027 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $30,029 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,540 to $44,460) 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 $29,027 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 $30,029 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.