Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Across all occupations in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $46,780 a year ($22.49 an hour) and the mean $60,050, May 2025. That median is −8% against the US median of $50,980 and −2% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 304,790 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is surgeons, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	Hourly	$14.46	$17.45	$22.49	$32.07	$48.64	$28.87	304,790
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	Annual	$30,070	$36,300	$46,780	$66,700	$101,180	$60,050	304,790
Florida	Hourly	$14.43	$17.45	$23.02	$36.26	$55.07	$31.09	9,929,860
Florida	Annual	$30,010	$36,290	$47,880	$75,410	$114,550	$64,670	9,929,860
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

432 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Florida. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Surgeons, All Other	$425,970	$204.80	**
2	Anesthesiologists	$383,630	$184.44	**
3	Psychiatrists	$315,960	$151.91	30
4	Physicians, All Other	$313,710	$150.82	690
5	Family Medicine Physicians	$243,940	$117.28	360
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$205,330	$98.72	160
7	Chief Executives	$202,190	$97.21	**
8	Podiatrists	$194,670	$93.59	40
9	Dentists, General	$178,970	$86.04	190
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$163,590	$78.65	90
11	Optometrists	$161,540	$77.67	80
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$159,820	$76.84	420
13	Financial Managers in Florida	$143,830	$69.15	990
14	Environmental Engineers	$142,700	$68.60	50
15	Pharmacists	$134,880	$64.85	750
16	Physician Assistants	$131,700	$63.32	380
17	Human Resources Managers	$131,570	$63.26	220
18	Information Security Analysts	$131,500	$63.22	180
19	Computer Network Architects	$130,150	$62.57	130
20	Nurse Practitioners	$129,670	$62.34	690

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	12,220	40.10	1.60	$34,650
2	Registered Nurses in Florida	8,700	28.54	1.31	$82,860
3	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	7,980	26.19	1.79	$36,660
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	7,260	23.83	0.96	$29,360
5	General and Operations Managers in Florida	7,150	23.47	1.04	$94,730
6	Cashiers in Florida	6,950	22.81	1.15	$30,530
7	Office Clerks, General in Florida	6,460	21.21	1.34	$45,560
8	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	5,840	19.17	1.15	$38,180
9	Construction Laborers in Florida	5,230	17.15	2.43	$43,290
10	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Florida	5,080	16.67	2.72	$36,790
11	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	5,010	16.43	0.90	$35,900
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	4,680	15.36	0.81	$38,490
13	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	4,330	14.21	1.57	$37,240
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	3,890	12.75	0.90	$35,390
15	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Florida	3,840	12.58	2.41	$75,480
16	Nursing Assistants in Florida	3,520	11.56	1.24	$37,510
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	3,520	11.56	1.17	$46,270
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida	3,290	10.80	1.75	$43,880
19	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida	3,170	10.39	1.29	$57,620
20	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Florida	3,120	10.25	0.37	$35,010

Most concentrated occupations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Helpers--Roofers	11.84	140	0.46	$39,620
2	Plasterers and Stucco Masons	10.59	400	1.32	$37,130
3	Roofers	7.17	1,900	6.25	$46,890
4	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	5.23	240	0.78	$54,580
5	Helpers--Carpenters	4.93	210	0.69	$39,090
6	Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	4.88	800	2.61	$47,070
7	Hearing Aid Specialists	4.59	100	0.33	$81,140
8	Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	4.56	220	0.73	$39,500
9	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	3.59	190	0.62	$43,680
10	Tile and Stone Setters	3.45	240	0.80	$46,660

Occupation groups in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$101,410	$123,920	19,750	64.80	0.91
Computer and Mathematical	$88,780	$98,280	4,660	15.29	0.45
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$80,880	$97,230	23,630	77.53	1.23
Business and Financial Operations	$78,640	$87,900	15,830	51.94	0.77
Architecture and Engineering	$78,120	$86,150	2,730	8.95	0.53
Legal	$76,410	$107,030	2,350	7.70	0.92
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$76,250	$82,080	1,220	3.99	0.42
Protective Service	$56,780	$59,460	6,930	22.73	0.94
Community and Social Service	$53,870	$59,690	4,110	13.48	0.79
Educational Instruction and Library	$53,040	$54,850	11,630	38.16	0.65
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$52,000	$63,730	3,550	11.66	0.89
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$50,530	$55,730	14,310	46.96	1.20
Construction and Extraction	$48,560	$53,820	27,370	89.80	2.17
Office and Administrative Support	$44,930	$47,940	37,050	121.54	1.06
Production	$44,880	$48,250	7,400	24.28	0.44
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,820	$43,380	22,540	73.96	0.84
Healthcare Support	$38,210	$41,940	11,750	38.56	0.76
Sales and Related	$36,940	$48,350	34,090	111.86	1.30
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,300	$39,400	13,390	43.95	1.50
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,240	$38,280	34,370	112.76	1.28
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$33,570	$36,210	260	0.85	0.30
Personal Care and Service	$33,050	$38,550	5,860	19.24	0.92

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 432 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL estimates (area 15980).

**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.