Software Developers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,791
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$30,189
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,428
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
$130,980
Kept after tax
$100,791
Worth in national money
$97,428
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays software developers around $130,980 at the midpoint, 19 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, software developers ranks 19 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $130,980 the take-home is $100,791. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $97,428 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $137,010, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For software developers the Florida median is $130,980, ranking 19 of 50 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, software developers sits 19 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $100,791 for software developers, from $130,980. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,428. ⚠️ 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 $137,010 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,400 |
| This salary | $130,980 |
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 | $100,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,791 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,293 |
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 | $130,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,947 |
| 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 software developers in Florida earn under $130,980 and half over. The published range runs $80,050 at the tenth percentile to $204,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $100,791, from $130,980, 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 19 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 $97,428, the adjusted value of that $130,980 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 19 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for software developers in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,050 to $204,400; 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 $100,791 from $130,980. 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 19 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $97,428 — the adjusted value of that $130,980 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 19 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 $137,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,050 and the top tenth $204,400 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $97,428 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $100,791 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $137,010. 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 ($80,050) and the ninetieth ($204,400) 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 $97,428 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 $100,791 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.