Transportation Security Screeners in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,905
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$10,225
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,140
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
$63,130
Kept after tax
$52,905
Worth in national money
$51,140
State rank
25
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $63,130, ranking 25 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 172 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $63,130 the take-home is $52,905. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $51,140 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $59,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Florida occupies the middle band for transportation security screeners: a median of $63,130, ranking 25 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 172 of 493 in Florida places transportation security screeners 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 $52,905 for transportation security screeners, from $63,130. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,140. ⚠️ 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 $59,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,570 |
| This salary | $63,130 |
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 | $52,905 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,303 |
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 | $63,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,995 |
| 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 $63,130. The published range is $42,910 up to $71,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $52,905, worked from $63,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 172 of 493.
- Two cautions on $51,140, the adjusted value of that $63,130 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 172 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation security screeners in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,910 to $71,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $52,905, on $63,130 for work ranking 172 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 172 of 493 in the state.
- This $51,140 adjusted figure, worked from $63,130, 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 172 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 172 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 $59,740, 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 $42,910 and the top tenth $71,570, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,140 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,905 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $59,740. 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 ($42,910 to $71,570) 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 $51,140 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 $52,905 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.