Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,308
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,432
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,196
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
$38,740
Kept after tax
$33,308
Worth in national money
$32,196
State rank
37
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $38,740, 37 of 47 states and about 10.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Florida this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 406. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $38,740 the take-home is $33,308. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $32,196 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $42,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $38,740 median for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing places it 37 of 47 states, about 10.7% 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.
- Against every occupation Florida reports, woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ranks 406 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $33,308 for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, from $38,740. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,196. ⚠️ 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 $42,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,260 |
| This salary | $38,740 |
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 | $33,308 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,308 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,080 |
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 | $38,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,515 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,740 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,700 and the ninetieth is $52,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $33,308, worked from $38,740. 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 406 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,196, the adjusted value of that $38,740 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 406 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $38,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,700 to $52,260. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Florida take-home of $33,308, on $38,740 for work ranking 406 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 406 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $32,196 — the adjusted value of that $38,740 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 406 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 $42,000, 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 $32,700 and the top tenth $52,260, 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 $32,196 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,308 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $42,000. 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 ($32,700 to $52,260) 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 $32,196 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 $33,308 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.