Social and Human Service Assistants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,863
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,547
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,600
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
$44,410
Kept after tax
$37,863
Worth in national money
$36,600
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 25 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $44,410. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 363.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,410 the take-home is $37,863; in national-average money that behaves like $36,600. The average comes to $45,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 25 of 51 for social and human service assistants at $44,410. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, social and human service assistants sits at 363 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.
- Take-home for social and human service assistants in Florida, on $44,410, is $37,863; deflated by the state's price level, $36,600. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,460 |
| This salary | $44,410 |
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 | $37,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,863 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,364 |
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 | $44,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,859 |
| 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 social and human service assistants in Florida earn under $44,410 and half over. The published range runs $34,180 at the tenth percentile to $59,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $37,863, from $44,410, 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 363 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,600, the adjusted value of that $44,410 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 363 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for social and human service assistants in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,180 to $59,460; 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.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,863 from $44,410. 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 363 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $36,600 — the adjusted value of that $44,410 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 363 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,180 at the tenth percentile, $59,460 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $36,600 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,863 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,180 to $59,460) 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 $36,600 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 $37,863 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.