Hire in Florida: payroll, tax, and employment law
Five state-specific guides for US-based and international employers hiring in Florida in 2026.
· Florida, United States hub
What do you need to know to hire in Florida?
Florida sits inside the federal employment framework (FLSA, FICA, FUTA) and layers its own rules on top: a constitutional minimum wage, employer-only reemployment (unemployment) tax, a worker-classification test, and leave entitlements. Notably, Florida levies no state income tax. Each of the five guides below covers one layer in detail.
Employers running US payroll for the first time often underestimate the per-state work. Florida has its own SUI wage base, its own new-hire reporting form, and its own reading of the worker-classification tests. Get any one wrong and you face state-level fines on top of federal exposure. The guides linked below are the Florida-specific facts you need before your first hire.
Florida state employment guides
State income tax & unemployment insurance
Zero state income tax, employer-only reemployment tax, the $7,000 wage base, and quarterly RT-6 filing.
Termination & at-will exceptions
Final paycheck timing, public-policy exceptions, WARN, severance triggers.
Worker classification (state test)
Which test the state uses, ABC vs common-law, exposure if you get it wrong.
Paid family & sick leave
State PFML status, accrual rates, eligible reasons, employer contribution.
Wage, overtime & meal break law
State minimum wage above federal floor, OT triggers, meal/rest break rules.
How does Teamed hire in Florida for you?
Teamed becomes your legal employer of record in Florida for from $599 per employee per month, with zero FX mark-up in any currency. Payroll, statutory benefits, and the full Florida and federal compliance stack run on one platform.
Real HR and legal experts handle your Florida hires, from the first offer letter through every statutory filing and payroll run. An actual person, not a chatbot or a pooled queue. There's no setup fee and no exit fee, and statutory employer cost passes through at cost, itemised on every invoice.
EOR payroll, contractor onboarding, and entity setup all live on one platform. A Florida hire who converts from contractor to employee keeps their full record, and the same employee can later graduate from EOR to your own US entity without re-onboarding. Run the Crossover Calculator to see the month the model flips.
The federal baseline: IRS payroll tax guidance and US DOL state minimum wages. Florida state-specific rules: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Start from the United States overview for the federal baseline that applies in every state.
Florida's minimum wage sits in the constitution, not a statute. Voters fixed $14.00 now and $15.00 from 30 September 2026.
Reemployment Tax is employer-only on a $7,000 wage base. No state income tax. No city leave mandates.
Understanding what drops off the payslip, and what stays, is the only honest start.
, Tom Price-Daniel, Teamed
