Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,446
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,934
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,130
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
$46,380
Kept after tax
$39,446
Worth in national money
$38,130
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,380, ranking 28 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 333 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,380, tax leaves $39,446 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,130 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $46,300.
- Florida occupies the middle band for veterinary technologists and technicians: a median of $46,380, ranking 28 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Veterinary technologists and technicians ranks 333 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.
- After tax, $39,446 remains from the Florida median of $46,380 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,130 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,300 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,870 |
| This salary | $46,380 |
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 | $39,446 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,446 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,463 |
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 | $46,380 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,979 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,380 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,600 and the ninetieth is $57,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,446 take-home in Florida comes from $46,380. 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 333 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,130 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 333.
- The Florida median of $46,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,600 to $57,870. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,446, from $46,380, 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 333 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,130, worked from $46,380, 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 333 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,600 at the bottom tenth to $57,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,130 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,446 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,600 to $57,870) 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 $38,130 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 $39,446 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.