North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Across all occupations in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $47,440 a year ($22.81 an hour) and the mean $62,500, May 2025. That median is −7% against the US median of $50,980 and −1% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 339,940 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is family medicine physicians; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	Hourly	$14.62	$17.65	$22.81	$33.82	$50.13	$30.05	339,940
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	Annual	$30,420	$36,700	$47,440	$70,340	$104,280	$62,500	339,940
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.

457 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$321,550	$154.59	580
2	Physicians, All Other	$280,490	$134.85	970
3	Dentists, General	$241,850	$116.27	450
4	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$207,230	$99.63	80
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$174,380	$83.84	210
6	Optometrists	$162,690	$78.21	80
7	Database Architects	$157,730	$75.83	30
8	Sales Engineers	$147,130	$70.74	50
9	Data Scientists	$146,980	$70.67	210
10	Financial Managers in Florida	$145,450	$69.93	1,090
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$142,620	$68.57	810
12	Physician Assistants	$142,510	$68.52	520
13	Pharmacists	$138,760	$66.71	790
14	Lawyers in Florida	$136,910	$65.82	1,440
15	Veterinarians	$136,840	$65.79	200
16	Nurse Practitioners	$134,470	$64.65	630
17	Human Resources Managers	$132,620	$63.76	270
18	Software Developers in Florida	$131,890	$63.41	1,680
19	Computer Network Architects	$131,160	$63.06	130
20	Fundraising Managers	$130,400	$62.69	40

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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	13,420	39.49	1.58	$35,160
2	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	9,200	27.07	1.85	$36,660
3	General and Operations Managers in Florida	8,610	25.33	1.12	$94,900
4	Registered Nurses in Florida	8,380	24.66	1.13	$86,130
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	8,330	24.51	0.99	$30,000
6	Cashiers in Florida	7,520	22.13	1.11	$31,240
7	Office Clerks, General in Florida	7,230	21.28	1.34	$45,630
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	6,060	17.83	0.98	$37,130
9	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	5,090	14.98	0.90	$42,310
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	5,010	14.75	0.78	$38,790
11	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	4,780	14.05	1.55	$37,440
12	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Florida	4,740	13.93	2.27	$37,200
13	Nursing Assistants in Florida	4,660	13.70	1.47	$39,950
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	4,400	12.95	1.32	$47,070
15	Construction Laborers in Florida	4,260	12.52	1.77	$45,390
16	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	3,940	11.59	0.82	$35,530
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida	3,830	11.27	1.03	$46,380
18	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Florida	3,610	10.63	1.20	$50,460
19	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida	3,570	10.50	1.30	$57,780
20	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Florida	3,530	10.39	0.38	$35,400

Most concentrated occupations in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, 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	Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other	13.46	490	1.43	*
2	Roofers	6.70	1,990	5.84	$48,860
3	Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	4.83	170	0.50	$49,650
4	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	3.86	230	0.67	$46,680
5	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	3.70	190	0.55	$58,650
6	Pipelayers	3.63	260	0.77	$47,330
7	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	3.59	130	0.39	$91,950
8	Tile and Stone Setters	3.52	280	0.81	$45,630
9	Chiropractors	3.32	290	0.85	$91,980
10	Glaziers	3.20	410	1.20	$47,200

Occupation groups in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$101,210	$122,370	23,990	70.58	0.99
Computer and Mathematical	$99,820	$107,530	6,210	18.28	0.54
Legal	$88,920	$117,670	2,770	8.16	0.97
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$82,790	$106,400	26,200	77.07	1.22
Architecture and Engineering	$79,150	$86,090	2,840	8.35	0.50
Business and Financial Operations	$78,210	$90,190	17,910	52.68	0.78
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$72,010	$82,730	1,400	4.11	0.43
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,450	$57,560	13,120	38.60	0.66
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$56,900	$78,160	4,830	14.19	1.08
Community and Social Service	$50,920	$58,020	4,310	12.67	0.74
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$50,880	$57,490	15,880	46.70	1.19
Construction and Extraction	$49,460	$55,730	20,990	61.75	1.49
Protective Service	$48,780	$58,210	7,090	20.85	0.86
Office and Administrative Support	$46,200	$49,880	39,490	116.16	1.02
Production	$45,010	$48,220	13,200	38.82	0.70
Healthcare Support	$39,920	$43,440	14,130	41.56	0.82
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,420	$43,090	24,680	72.59	0.83
Sales and Related	$37,490	$50,530	37,980	111.74	1.29
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,790	$39,580	13,370	39.33	1.34
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,740	$38,680	40,060	117.83	1.34
Personal Care and Service	$35,500	$41,850	9,090	26.73	1.28
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$34,790	$36,150	420	1.25	0.45

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 457 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL estimates (area 35840).

*: Wage 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, 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.