Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,145
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,305
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,505
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
$58,450
Kept after tax
$49,145
Worth in national money
$47,505
State rank
21
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 21 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $58,450. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 225 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $58,450 the take-home is $49,145. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,505 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $60,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 21 of 47 for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers at $58,450. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 225 of 493 in Florida places title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $49,145 for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, from $58,450. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,505. ⚠️ 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 $60,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,210 |
| This salary | $58,450 |
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 | $49,145 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,145 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,069 |
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 | $58,450 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,711 |
| 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Florida earn under $58,450 and half over. The published range runs $40,190 at the tenth percentile to $79,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $49,145, from $58,450, 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 225 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $47,505, the adjusted value of that $58,450 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 225 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,190 to $79,210; 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 $49,145 from $58,450. 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 225 of 493 locally.
- This $47,505 adjusted figure, worked from $58,450, 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 225 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 225 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $60,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,190 and the top tenth $79,210, 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 $47,505 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $49,145 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.
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 $60,310. 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 ($40,190 to $79,210) 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 $47,505 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 $49,145 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.