Florida Salary Calculator 2026

Name: Florida trade wage benchmarks (BLS OEWS May 2025 release)
Creator: GlobalCybers
License: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Florida-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Florida is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly Rate	Annual (2,080 hrs)	Monthly	Weekly
$15.00/hr	$31,200	$2,600	$600
$20.00/hr	$41,600	$3,467	$800
$25.00/hr	$52,000	$4,333	$1,000
$30.00/hr	$62,400	$5,200	$1,200
$35.00/hr	$72,800	$6,067	$1,400
$40.00/hr	$83,200	$6,933	$1,600
$45.00/hr	$93,600	$7,800	$1,800
$50.00/hr	$104,000	$8,667	$2,000
$60.00/hr	$124,800	$10,400	$2,400
$75.00/hr	$156,000	$13,000	$3,000
$100.00/hr	$208,000	$17,333	$4,000
$125.00/hr	$260,000	$21,667	$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Florida Salaries

How Florida salaries compare to the national market

Florida gross trade wages run about 8% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.92 Florida wage index to national medians. Two things soften that gap: Florida levies no state income tax, and its statewide minimum wage is climbing to $15.00 in September 2026 under the Amendment 2 schedule, pulling up entry-level trade pay. Miami and Tampa run above the state average; smaller inland markets run below.

Simplified outline of Florida — a stylised shape, not to scale.

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Florida wage index

~8% below on paper

Gross vs national

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State income tax

Florida trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Florida-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.92 Florida wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

Trade	Florida median / yr	National median	Florida / hr
Electrician	$58,130	$63,190	$27.95
Plumber	$58,700	$63,800	$28.22
HVAC Technician	$56,130	$61,010	$26.99
Pipefitter	$58,700	$63,800	$28.22
Ironworker	$57,760	$62,780	$27.77
Carpenter	$55,730	$60,580	$26.79

Trade pay by Florida metro

Local BLS medians vs the Florida state average.

Metro	Median	vs state
Miami–Fort Lauderdale	$61,040	1.05× state
Tampa–St. Petersburg	$58,710	1.01× state
Orlando	$56,970	0.98× state
Jacksonville	$56,390	0.97× state

Is a lower Florida salary offset by the tax picture?

Partly. With zero state income tax, a Florida paycheck keeps more of each gross dollar than one in Georgia or the Carolinas. But Florida's cost of living is no longer uniformly cheap, insurance and housing in South Florida have risen sharply, so compare take-home against your actual metro costs, not just the tax line.

How is Florida's rising minimum wage affecting trade pay?

The Amendment 2 schedule has lifted Florida's floor a dollar a year since 2021, reaching $14.00 now and $15.00 on September 30, 2026. That compresses the bottom of the market: helper and apprentice rates have risen faster than journeyman rates, and entry-level trade pay in Florida now starts meaningfully above the old $8.65 baseline.

How accurate is the Florida benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Florida wage index (0.92×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Published state figures differ by role and metro, and Florida's largely non-union construction market means wide employer-to-employer spread; for exact BLS medians with percentiles, use the Florida salary guide.

What is the median trade salary in Florida?

It varies by role: the Florida electrician median is about $58,130, plumbers $58,700, HVAC technicians $56,130, and pipefitters $58,700 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Florida-adjusted). HVAC demand is especially strong given Florida's climate. Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Florida wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.92 Florida factor to localise them, reflecting that Florida gross pay runs about 8% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Florida metros pay trades the most?

Miami–Fort Lauderdale leads on the strength of high-rise, port and infrastructure work, with Tampa close behind; Orlando and Jacksonville track slightly under the state median, and rural North Florida markets run lowest. Storm-rebuild cycles can spike demand and rates regionally after major hurricanes.

Do Florida trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Florida follows the federal FLSA standard, 1.5× after 40 hours a week, and overtime is common in HVAC peak season and post-hurricane reconstruction. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5× (or 2×) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.92 Florida wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · FloridaCommerce (minimum wage). Reviewed 2026-07-01 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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