Jacksonville, FL

Across all occupations in the Jacksonville, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $48,830 a year ($23.48 an hour) and the mean $65,700, May 2025. That median is −4% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 765,930 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is cardiologists; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Jacksonville, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Jacksonville, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Jacksonville, FL	Hourly	$14.50	$17.72	$23.48	$37.31	$55.45	$31.59	765,930
Jacksonville, FL	Annual	$30,160	$36,860	$48,830	$77,600	$115,340	$65,700	765,930
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.

579 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 Jacksonville, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Cardiologists	$514,740	$247.47	90
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$416,000	$200.00	340
3	Radiologists	$384,990	$185.09	80
4	Physicians, All Other	$349,990	$168.27	2,070
5	Psychiatrists	$319,610	$153.66	90
6	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$228,220	$109.72	220
7	Chief Executives	$225,410	$108.37	**
8	Biochemists and Biophysicists	$174,880	$84.08	40
9	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$173,920	$83.62	90
10	Air Traffic Controllers	$170,120	$81.79	450
11	Podiatrists	$169,520	$81.50	50
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$169,010	$81.26	3,000
13	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$167,800	$80.67	660
14	Family Medicine Physicians	$166,680	$80.13	750
15	Dentists, General	$165,350	$79.50	640
16	Optometrists	$161,560	$77.67	150
17	Marketing Managers	$156,950	$75.46	1,700
18	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$151,070	*	120
19	Medical Dosimetrists	$150,210	$72.22	50
20	Pharmacists	$138,990	$66.82	1,420

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 Jacksonville, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	22,390	29.23	1.17	$34,360
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	21,480	28.05	1.13	$28,470
3	Registered Nurses in Florida	18,940	24.72	1.14	$83,520
4	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	17,350	22.65	1.19	$41,040
5	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	17,030	22.24	1.33	$42,840
6	General and Operations Managers in Florida	16,870	22.03	0.98	$100,870
7	Cashiers in Florida	15,710	20.51	1.03	$30,320
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	15,400	20.10	1.10	$38,110
9	Office Clerks, General in Florida	13,430	17.53	1.11	$44,880
10	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	13,140	17.16	1.18	$36,630
11	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Florida	13,100	17.10	1.29	$55,630
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	8,450	11.04	0.78	$35,450
13	Nursing Assistants in Florida	7,960	10.39	1.12	$37,760
14	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	7,770	10.14	1.12	$36,770
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida	7,710	10.07	1.63	$43,880
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	7,710	10.06	1.02	$47,380
17	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida	7,700	10.05	1.24	$61,550
18	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Florida	7,640	9.98	1.08	$65,590
19	Security Guards in Florida	7,430	9.71	1.18	$35,340
20	Software Developers in Florida	7,200	9.40	0.87	$130,330

Most concentrated occupations in Jacksonville, 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	Ship Engineers	10.90	450	0.59	$130,600
2	Sailors and Marine Oilers	4.48	700	0.91	$75,530
3	Air Traffic Controllers	4.09	450	0.59	$170,120
4	Medical Appliance Technicians	3.93	220	0.29	$46,610
5	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	3.69	670	0.87	$83,190
6	Avionics Technicians	3.53	330	0.43	$81,760
7	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	2.94	340	0.44	$57,150
8	Bailiffs	2.90	250	0.32	$57,530
9	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	2.82	1,460	1.91	$55,350
10	Pipelayers	2.78	450	0.59	$47,690

Occupation groups in Jacksonville, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$113,940	$137,220	56,750	74.09	1.03
Computer and Mathematical	$101,550	$106,700	24,850	32.45	0.96
Architecture and Engineering	$97,340	$99,920	10,250	13.38	0.80
Legal	$94,720	$112,650	6,750	8.81	1.05
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$81,330	$101,850	53,110	69.34	1.10
Business and Financial Operations	$78,960	$89,600	58,230	76.03	1.12
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$74,830	$84,960	4,190	5.47	0.58
Educational Instruction and Library	$58,830	$58,010	33,460	43.69	0.75
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$58,740	$59,790	34,780	45.41	1.16
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$53,780	$65,070	9,170	11.97	0.91
Community and Social Service	$50,980	$57,570	9,600	12.53	0.73
Construction and Extraction	$49,630	$55,700	36,570	47.74	1.16
Office and Administrative Support	$46,110	$49,690	96,850	126.45	1.11
Protective Service	$45,330	$55,880	19,300	25.20	1.04
Production	$45,000	$49,050	24,160	31.54	0.57
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,630	$48,740	75,870	99.06	1.13
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$38,990	$44,030	450	0.58	0.21
Healthcare Support	$38,680	$42,010	27,370	35.74	0.70
Sales and Related	$37,530	$51,830	75,260	98.26	1.14
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,540	$38,920	22,220	29.01	0.99
Personal Care and Service	$33,440	$38,700	14,370	18.76	0.90
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$32,770	$36,550	72,380	94.50	1.07

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 579 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 Jacksonville, FL estimates (area 27260).

#: Equal to or greater than the top code (BLS publishes no wage above it).
*: Wage estimate not available.
**: 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 Jacksonville, 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.