Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Florida scores 103.4 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $77,561 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Florida (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 103.4 | 11th of 51 |
| Rents | 122.1 | 9th of 51 |
| Goods | 98.1 | — |
| Other services | 101.3 | — |
Home electricity averaged 14.14 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $3.89 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 9,929,860 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Florida, the median pay is $47,880 a year, or $23.02 an hour; that ranks 37th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $30,010 and one in ten more than $114,550.
Florida has no state income tax on wages. More on taxes in Florida. A single filer on the median $47,880, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $40,652 a year, or $1,564 every two weeks, after $3,566 of federal income tax, $3,663 of Social Security and Medicare. Work out your own paycheck in Florida.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 333,460 | $34,010 |
| General and Operations Managers | 236,290 | $101,580 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 235,400 | $29,080 |
| Registered Nurses | 229,940 | $84,190 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 228,000 | $40,440 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are general and operations managers ($101,580), registered nurses ($84,190), first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers ($64,360). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 67 Florida counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $310,262, and across the 47 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,912 a month. A typical home costs 4.03 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $2,464 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $105,599 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 1.5% of Florida's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed −1.2% over the past year and +23.4% over five years, and rents +1.3% over the past year.
The most expensive Florida counties are Monroe County ($960,827), Walton County ($659,313) and Collier County ($553,842); the least expensive are Calhoun County ($173,910), Jackson County ($183,076) and Holmes County ($187,642).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Florida county, that comes to $49,359 a year for one adult and $102,218 for two adults and two children, of which $16,121 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $78,828.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $16,460 | $1,372 |
| Food | $12,484 | $1,040 |
| Transportation | $17,733 | $1,478 |
| Healthcare | $18,944 | $1,579 |
| Childcare | $16,121 | $1,343 |
| Other necessities | $9,223 | $769 |
| Taxes | $11,166 | $931 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 377 colleges in Florida, 96 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $14,388 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $37,894. Compare degrees and schools.
| Alachua County | $306,456 | −1.2% | $1,663 | $94,435 | $110,468 |
| Baker County | $319,928 | +3.8% | — | $84,720 | $95,057 |
| Bay County | $344,902 | −0.9% | $1,735 | $81,161 | $105,626 |
| Bradford County | $255,894 | +3.8% | — | $77,519 | $90,952 |
| Brevard County | $344,703 | −1.3% | $1,914 | $92,294 | $106,157 |
| Broward County | $425,778 | −2.8% | $2,498 | $88,689 | $124,867 |
| Calhoun County | $173,910 | −2.9% | — | $63,479 | $92,636 |
| Charlotte County | $299,360 | −6.6% | $1,863 | $79,261 | $104,073 |
| Citrus County | $272,870 | −1.7% | $1,739 | $69,407 | $94,291 |
| Clay County | $337,847 | −0.8% | $1,863 | $97,288 | $112,278 |
| Collier County | $553,842 | −3.6% | $2,620 | $103,778 | $119,243 |
| Columbia County | $271,440 | 0.0% | $1,552 | $67,370 | $97,185 |
| DeSoto County | $252,706 | −0.7% | $1,600 | $59,568 | $91,561 |
| Dixie County | $223,180 | +4.0% | — | $57,754 | $92,455 |
| Duval County | $296,317 | −1.2% | $1,628 | $83,238 | $106,623 |
| Escambia County | $282,520 | +1.3% | $1,678 | $78,828 | $103,264 |
| Flagler County | $351,559 | −1.9% | $1,912 | $85,146 | $112,770 |
| Franklin County | $427,928 | −4.1% | — | $68,619 | $85,018 |
| Gadsden County | $201,883 | −0.6% | $1,325 | $54,524 | $89,304 |
| Gilchrist County | $308,156 | +3.1% | — | $74,783 | $97,129 |
| Glades County | $261,578 | −3.7% | — | $49,345 | $97,300 |
| Gulf County | $403,107 | −2.0% | — | $78,722 | $99,261 |
| Hamilton County | $210,044 | +5.1% | — | $52,105 | $100,105 |
| Hardee County | $244,158 | +2.6% | — | $60,539 | $97,268 |
| Hendry County | $274,141 | −3.8% | $1,989 | $57,766 | $89,134 |
| Hernando County | $310,262 | −2.4% | $1,835 | $74,933 | $101,817 |
| Highlands County | $233,871 | −1.8% | $1,513 | $65,774 | $95,146 |
| Hillsborough County | $380,147 | −2.0% | $2,016 | $91,253 | $115,863 |
| Holmes County | $187,642 | −2.1% | — | $58,912 | $85,110 |
| Indian River County | $366,117 | −2.2% | $2,156 | $84,395 | $106,218 |
| Jackson County | $183,076 | +1.6% | $1,218 | $58,844 | $90,598 |
| Jefferson County | $311,781 | +4.2% | — | $73,788 | $90,795 |
| Lafayette County | $270,417 | +6.6% | — | $67,448 | $102,218 |
| Lake County | $363,142 | −2.8% | $2,062 | $85,736 | $111,644 |
| Lee County | $337,352 | −5.4% | $1,864 | $86,023 | $112,645 |
| Leon County | $296,441 | +1.2% | $1,482 | $92,213 | $99,527 |
| Levy County | $292,391 | −1.9% | $1,642 | $62,308 | $90,689 |
| Liberty County | $206,955 | +4.5% | — | $61,441 | $88,633 |
| Madison County | $212,231 | −1.1% | — | $63,201 | $85,242 |
| Manatee County | $409,772 | −4.4% | $2,076 | $95,295 | $111,046 |
| Marion County | $272,792 | −2.5% | $1,593 | $69,787 | $97,639 |
| Martin County | $449,539 | −1.7% | $2,272 | $101,878 | $109,657 |
| Miami-Dade County | $523,890 | −0.8% | $2,860 | $76,403 | $120,968 |
| Monroe County | $960,827 | +0.1% | $3,489 | $104,191 | $146,670 |
| Nassau County | $485,655 | −0.4% | $2,193 | $101,117 | $113,640 |
| Okaloosa County | $356,683 | +0.4% | $1,976 | $96,567 | $110,084 |
| Okeechobee County | $293,509 | +0.6% | — | $60,527 | $96,295 |
| Orange County | $403,786 | −1.7% | $1,950 | $89,769 | $115,860 |
| Osceola County | $363,472 | −3.6% | $2,026 | $76,195 | $114,749 |
| Palm Beach County | $474,781 | −0.1% | $2,648 | $99,093 | $127,260 |
| Pasco County | $331,637 | −2.5% | $2,025 | $85,474 | $110,927 |
| Pinellas County | $374,245 | −2.1% | $2,023 | $93,763 | $114,168 |
| Polk County | $298,059 | −2.7% | $1,847 | $72,682 | $97,768 |
| Putnam County | $220,059 | +0.9% | $1,363 | $58,449 | $86,120 |
| Santa Rosa County | $353,670 | +0.9% | $1,981 | $102,995 | $119,105 |
| Sarasota County | $399,679 | −4.3% | $2,173 | $97,927 | $118,255 |
| Seminole County | $405,396 | −1.4% | $1,893 | $101,999 | $121,919 |
| St. Johns County | $492,832 | −2.2% | $2,078 | $126,912 | $137,472 |
| St. Lucie County | $373,341 | −1.8% | $2,377 | $79,218 | $106,478 |
| Sumter County | $387,864 | −1.1% | $1,732 | $88,255 | $106,578 |
| Suwannee County | $272,598 | +3.1% | — | $64,035 | $91,481 |
| Taylor County | $198,201 | +5.3% | — | $54,873 | $92,150 |
| Union County | $266,672 | +2.8% | — | $74,864 | $91,842 |
| Volusia County | $327,100 | −1.6% | $1,746 | $79,459 | $106,792 |
| Wakulla County | $288,466 | +0.6% | $1,607 | $85,783 | $95,943 |
| Walton County | $659,313 | −0.1% | $1,955 | $95,772 | $107,326 |
| Washington County | $226,273 | −0.1% | — | $64,620 | $92,418 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Miami, FL (typical rent $2,677), Tampa, FL (typical rent $2,013), Orlando, FL (typical rent $1,959), Jacksonville, FL (typical rent $1,711), North Port, FL (typical rent $2,127), Cape Coral, FL (typical rent $1,864), Lakeland, FL (typical rent $1,847), Deltona, FL (typical rent $1,783), Palm Bay, FL (typical rent $1,914).
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