Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,440
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$10,600
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,623
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
$65,040
Kept after tax
$54,440
Worth in national money
$52,623
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $65,040, 37 of 51 states and about 17.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 156.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $65,040 the take-home is $54,440; in national-average money that behaves like $52,623. The average comes to $66,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida's $65,040 median for stationary engineers and boiler operators places it 37 of 51 states, about 17.27% 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.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, stationary engineers and boiler operators sits at 156 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 stationary engineers and boiler operators in Florida, on $65,040, is $54,440; deflated by the state's price level, $52,623. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $66,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,080 |
| This salary | $65,040 |
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 | $54,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,440 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,399 |
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 | $65,040 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,111 |
| 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 stationary engineers and boiler operators in Florida earn under $65,040 and half over. The published range runs $46,930 at the tenth percentile to $83,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $54,440, from $65,040, 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 156 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,623 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 156.
- Figures are distribution medians for stationary engineers and boiler operators in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,930 to $83,080; 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 $54,440 from $65,040. 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 156 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,623, worked from $65,040, 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 156 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,930 and the top tenth $83,080, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,623 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,440 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,930 to $83,080) 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 $52,623 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 $54,440 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.