Tax Preparers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,568
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,452
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,181
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
$49,020
Kept after tax
$41,568
Worth in national money
$40,181
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 24 of 48 states for tax preparers, with a middle wage of $49,020. 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 288.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,020, tax leaves $41,568 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,181 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $54,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 24 of 48 for tax preparers at $49,020. 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, tax preparers sits at 288 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.
- After tax, $41,568 remains from the Florida median of $49,020 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,181 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $54,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tax Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,330 |
| This salary | $49,020 |
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 | $41,568 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,568 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,595 |
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 | $49,020 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,139 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,020 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,380 and the ninetieth is $94,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $41,568, from $49,020, 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 288 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 $40,181 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 288.
- The Florida median of $49,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,380 to $94,330. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,568 from $49,020. 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 288 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,181, worked from $49,020, 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 288 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 $54,670 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,380 at the bottom tenth to $94,330 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $40,181 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,568 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 48 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 $54,670. 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 ($30,380) and the ninetieth ($94,330) 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 $40,181 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 $41,568 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.