Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,845
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,586
13.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,849
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
$34,430
Kept after tax
$29,845
Worth in national money
$28,849
State rank
42
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for slaughterers and meat packers is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $34,430. That is 42 of 47 states, and about 14.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Florida publishes, slaughterers and meat packers lands at 465. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $34,430 the take-home is $29,845. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $28,849 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $33,950, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For slaughterers and meat packers, Florida sits in the lower band at $34,430, ranking 42 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 14.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Florida, this work ranks 465 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $29,845 for slaughterers and meat packers, from $34,430. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $28,849. ⚠️ 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 $33,950 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,420 |
| This salary | $34,430 |
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 | $29,845 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,845 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,863 |
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 | $34,430 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,254 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $34,430. The published range is $28,680 up to $39,420, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $29,845, from $34,430, 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 465 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $28,849, the adjusted value of that $34,430 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 465 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for slaughterers and meat packers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,680 to $39,420. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,845 from $34,430. 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 465 of 493 locally.
- This $28,849 adjusted figure, worked from $34,430, 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 465 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 465 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,680 and the top tenth $39,420, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $28,849 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $29,845 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,680 to $39,420) 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 $28,849 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 $29,845 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.