Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,544
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$15,916
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,290
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
$83,460
Kept after tax
$67,544
Worth in national money
$65,290
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $83,460, 40 of 49 states and about 17.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 95 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $83,460, tax leaves $67,544 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $65,290 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $86,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida's $83,460 median for social scientists and related workers, all other places it 40 of 49 states, about 17.46% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Florida, social scientists and related workers, all other ranks 95 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $67,544 remains from the Florida median of $83,460 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $65,290 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $86,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,190 |
| This salary | $83,460 |
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 | $67,544 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,544 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,217 |
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 | $83,460 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,826 |
| 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 scientists and related workers, all other in Florida earn under $83,460 and half over. The published range runs $44,990 at the tenth percentile to $127,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $67,544 take-home in Florida comes from $83,460. 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 95 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,290 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 95.
- Figures are distribution medians for social scientists and related workers, all other in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,990 to $127,190; 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 $67,544, from $83,460, 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 95 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,290, worked from $83,460, 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 95 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $86,270, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,990, the highest tenth $127,190, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $65,290 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $67,544 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $86,270. 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 ($44,990) and the ninetieth ($127,190) 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 $65,290 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 $67,544 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.