Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,848
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,032
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,518
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
$46,880
Kept after tax
$39,848
Worth in national money
$38,518
State rank
42
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $46,880, 42 of 47 states and about 8.67% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 327 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,880 the take-home is $39,848. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $38,518 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $46,880 median for structural metal fabricators and fitters places it 42 of 47 states, about 8.67% 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.
- Structural metal fabricators and fitters ranks 327 of 493 occupations in Florida by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $39,848 for structural metal fabricators and fitters, from $46,880. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,518. ⚠️ 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 $46,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,760 |
| This salary | $46,880 |
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 | $39,848 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,848 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,488 |
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 | $46,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,009 |
| 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 $46,880. The published range is $35,310 up to $59,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,848 take-home in Florida comes from $46,880. 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 327 of 493.
- Two cautions on $38,518, the adjusted value of that $46,880 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 327 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for structural metal fabricators and fitters in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,310 to $59,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,848, from $46,880, 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 327 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 47 for it.
- This $38,518 adjusted figure, worked from $46,880, 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 327 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 327 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,310 and the top tenth $59,760, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,518 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,848 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,310 to $59,760) 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 $38,518 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 $39,848 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.