Animal Caretakers Salary in Gainesville, FL

Animal Caretakers pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,390 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,830 or more. The middle half of animal caretakers in Gainesville earn between $28,920 and $38,460.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Animal Caretakers salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $35,960, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $31,074 a year, or $2,589 a month and $1,195 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Gainesville a good place for animal caretakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.7), so the average $35,960 buys what about $37,174 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($47,020). A typical home costs $306,605, or 8.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Animal Caretakers salary in other Florida cities

Gainesville ranks 10th of 22 Florida metro areas for this job; Miami pays the most ($39,070).

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Highest-paying cities for animal caretakers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($47,930).

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