Florida · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 25,270 substitute teachers, short-term working in Florida. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Florida
$37,080A year, or $17.83 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $30,300 | $14.57 |
| 25th percentile | $32,060 | $15.42 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $37,080 | $17.83 |
| 75th percentile | $50,370 | $24.21 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $60,520 | $29.10 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $41,530 | $19.97 |
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A $37,080 salary in Florida, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Florida sit at 103.4 against a national average of 100, so $37,080 earned here buys what $35,856 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Florida is $37,080 a year, or $17.83 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $37,080, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $31,974 a year, or roughly $2,664 a month.
That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 13.8%.
Florida levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.
No. The median in Florida is 11% below the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Florida sit at 103.4 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.5 times the median household income of $74,568. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Florida run at 103.4 against a national average of 100, with rents at 122.1, so $37,080 here buys about what $35,856 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $60,520 a year or more, against $30,300 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Florida someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 25,270 of these jobs in Florida for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 25% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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