How Florida paychecks work (2026)
In Florida, your take-home pay is your salary minus federal income tax, FICA (Social Security 6.2% + Medicare 1.45%) — and that's it, because Florida has no state income tax. This calculator uses the official 2026 rates for a single filer. It's a major draw for retirees and remote workers, since pensions and 401(k) income go untaxed too.
Florida state income tax
Florida has no state income tax. You only pay federal income tax and FICA, so more of your salary reaches your bank account.
Example: $80,000 in Florida
On $80,000 in Florida, federal tax is about $8,770 and FICA $6,120, leaving roughly $65,110 with no state deduction. The same zero-tax maths carries into retirement — Florida taxes no pension, 401(k) or Social Security income, which is why so many retirees keep more here.
Florida take-home pay by salary (2026)
Estimated annual take-home for a single filer after federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare — Florida has no state income tax, using the 2026 rates. Figures are tax liability, not withholding.
| Gross salary | Take-home / year | Per month | % kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $34,320 | $2,860 | 85.8% |
| $60,000 | $50,390 | $4,199 | 84.0% |
| $80,000 | $65,110 | $5,426 | 81.4% |
| $100,000 | $79,180 | $6,598 | 79.2% |
| $150,000 | $113,791 | $9,483 | 75.9% |
What often catches people out in Florida
- Florida taxes no wage income and no retirement income — pensions, 401(k) withdrawals and Social Security are all untaxed, a major reason retirees relocate here.
- The state instead leans on a 6% sales tax (up to ~7.5% with local) and tourism revenue.
- One offset to budget for: Florida's homeowners' insurance is among the priciest in the country.
Where Florida collects it instead: the house, not the paycheck
Florida's zero appears in the paycheck line and reappears in the property line. The state's substitute for an income tax is real-estate transaction and property tax, and the two rules worth knowing before you move both attach to the home rather than the salary.
The first is documentary stamp tax. Florida charges 70¢ for every $100 of the price on a deed — so a $450,000 house carries about $3,150 in doc stamps on the transfer alone, before any mortgage-related stamps and intangible tax. Miami-Dade is on a different footing and adds a discretionary surtax. There is no equivalent charge in a state that taxes your income instead, so the "no income tax" saving is partly front-loaded into what you pay to buy.
The second runs the other way, and it is the reason long-term Florida residents pay far less property tax than their neighbours on identical houses. Under the Save Our Homes limitation, once you have a homestead exemption the assessed value of your home cannot rise by more than the lower of 3% or the change in the Consumer Price Index in any year — regardless of what the market did. Ten years of 8% market growth compounds to about 116%; the assessment behind it can rise at most about 34%. That gap is the real Florida tax advantage, and it belongs to people who stayed, not to people who arrived. A buyer purchasing today is assessed at today's market value and starts the clock over.
So the honest version of "Florida has no income tax" is: your paycheck genuinely keeps the full federal-only amount above, you pay for it at the closing table, and you earn it back slowly through an assessment cap that rewards tenure. Source: Florida Department of Revenue — Documentary Stamp Tax and Save Our Homes.
What this calculator does not include
- Local/city taxes (none), 401(k) and pre-tax deductions, and filing statuses other than single.
- It shows tax liability, which can differ from paycheck withholding (employers often over-withhold).
Does Florida tax my income?
No — Florida has no state income tax on wages.
What's FICA?
Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare (1.45%) payroll taxes, deducted in every state including Florida.
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This calculator provides estimates for a single filer in Florida for 2026 based on IRS and state figures and is for general information only — it is not financial or tax advice. It excludes local taxes, 401(k) and other deductions, and shows tax liability rather than withholding. Sources: IRS (Rev. Proc. 2025-32), Florida Department of Revenue.