Tire Repairers and Changers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,507
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,503
13.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,522
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
$34,010
Kept after tax
$29,507
Worth in national money
$28,522
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays tire repairers and changers a middle wage of $34,010, 47 of 50 states and about 9.81% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Florida this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, tire repairers and changers ranks 471. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $34,010 the take-home is $29,507. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $28,522 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $37,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $34,010 median for tire repairers and changers places it 47 of 50 states, about 9.81% 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.
- Against every occupation Florida reports, tire repairers and changers ranks 471 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $29,507 for tire repairers and changers, from $34,010. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $28,522. ⚠️ 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 $37,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,970 |
| This salary | $34,010 |
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 | $29,507 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,507 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,842 |
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 | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,228 |
| 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 tire repairers and changers in Florida earn under $34,010 and half over. The published range runs $29,700 at the tenth percentile to $46,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,507 take-home in Florida comes from $34,010. 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 471 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,522 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 471.
- Figures are distribution medians for tire repairers and changers in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,700 to $46,970; 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 $29,507, from $34,010, 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 471 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,522, worked from $34,010, 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 471 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $37,250, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,700 and the top tenth $46,970, 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 $28,522 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $29,507 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $37,250. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,700 to $46,970) 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 $28,522 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 $29,507 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.