Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,743
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,517
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,483
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
$44,260
Kept after tax
$37,743
Worth in national money
$36,483
State rank
41
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $44,260, 41 of 49 states and about 4.57% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 368 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 $44,260 the take-home is $37,743. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,483 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $44,120, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Florida's $44,260 median for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping places it 41 of 49 states, about 4.57% 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.
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ranks 368 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 $37,743 for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, from $44,260. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,483. ⚠️ 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 $44,120 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,530 |
| This salary | $44,260 |
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 | $37,743 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,743 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,357 |
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 | $44,260 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,850 |
| 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 $44,260. The published range is $33,770 up to $58,530, 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 $37,743, worked from $44,260. 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 368 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,483 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 368.
- Reported values are medians; for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,770 to $58,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $37,743, on $44,260 for work ranking 368 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 368 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,483, worked from $44,260, 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 368 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,770 and the top tenth $58,530, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,483 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $37,743 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,770 to $58,530) 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 $36,483 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 $37,743 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.