Travel Agents in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,403
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,657
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,988
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
$50,060
Kept after tax
$42,403
Worth in national money
$40,988
State rank
19
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays travel agents around $50,060 at the midpoint, 19 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 276 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 $50,060 the take-home is $42,403. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $40,988 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $54,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For travel agents the Florida median is $50,060, ranking 19 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Travel agents ranks 276 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 $42,403 for travel agents, from $50,060. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,988. ⚠️ 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 $54,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,970 |
| This salary | $50,060 |
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 | $42,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,403 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,648 |
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 | $50,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,202 |
| 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 travel agents in Florida earn under $50,060 and half over. The published range runs $35,060 at the tenth percentile to $77,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,403 take-home in Florida comes from $50,060. 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 276 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,988 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 276.
- Figures are distribution medians for travel agents in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,060 to $77,970; 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 $42,403, from $50,060, 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 276 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,988, worked from $50,060, 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 276 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 $54,630, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,060, the highest tenth $77,970, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $40,988 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $42,403 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 49 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 $54,630. 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 ($35,060) and the ninetieth ($77,970) 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 $40,988 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 $42,403 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.