Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Across all occupations in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $49,030 a year ($23.57 an hour) and the mean $67,210, May 2025. That median is −4% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 245,170 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	Hourly	$14.34	$17.46	$23.57	$38.03	$61.40	$32.31	245,170
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	Annual	$29,820	$36,310	$49,030	$79,100	$127,710	$67,210	245,170
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.

413 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$341,440	$164.15	460
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$237,200	$114.04	170
3	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$234,620	$112.80	**
4	Podiatrists	$207,560	$99.79	30
5	Dentists, General	$199,990	$96.15	230
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$175,490	$84.37	1,100
7	Chief Executives	$175,070	$84.17	590
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$172,020	$82.70	930
9	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$170,850	$82.14	60
10	Marketing Managers	$161,630	$77.71	400
11	Financial Managers in Florida	$160,910	$77.36	950
12	Physical Scientists, All Other	$157,710	$75.82	80
13	Human Resources Managers	$156,300	$75.15	260
14	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$154,390	$74.23	40
15	Purchasing Managers	$150,530	$72.37	180
15	Computer Hardware Engineers	$150,530	$72.37	500
17	Database Architects	$150,330	$72.27	60
18	Physicists	$146,350	$70.36	30
19	Managers, All Other in Florida	$140,980	$67.78	980
20	Optometrists	$139,030	$66.84	60

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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	7,670	31.28	1.25	$33,430
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	7,630	31.13	1.26	$28,660
3	Registered Nurses in Florida	5,440	22.19	1.02	$80,900
4	General and Operations Managers in Florida	5,090	20.76	0.92	$101,830
5	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	5,080	20.71	1.42	$36,670
6	Cashiers in Florida	5,070	20.69	1.04	$30,390
7	Software Developers in Florida	5,030	20.54	1.89	$131,760
8	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	4,700	19.18	1.15	$37,760
9	Office Clerks, General in Florida	4,280	17.46	1.10	$43,400
10	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	3,910	15.95	0.88	$35,300
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	3,100	12.66	0.89	$32,810
12	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	2,890	11.80	1.30	$36,750
13	Nursing Assistants in Florida	2,760	11.25	1.21	$37,070
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	2,600	10.59	1.08	$45,400
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	2,560	10.45	0.55	$37,680
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida	2,510	10.25	1.66	$40,390
17	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Florida	2,430	9.90	1.26	$45,840
18	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Florida	2,390	9.76	0.35	$34,440
19	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Florida	2,340	9.55	1.37	$92,250
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida	2,330	9.49	0.86	$45,900

Most concentrated occupations in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians	27.08	480	1.96	$82,490
2	Aerospace Engineers	12.71	1,360	5.53	$131,570
3	Avionics Technicians	9.50	280	1.15	$84,160
4	Engineers, All Other	6.65	1,620	6.59	$127,400
5	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	6.35	970	3.95	$128,220
6	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	5.72	310	1.25	$59,080
7	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	4.95	740	3.03	$68,040
8	Computer Hardware Engineers	4.12	500	2.03	$150,530
9	Materials Engineers	3.65	130	0.53	$123,720
10	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	3.63	120	0.50	$120,660

Occupation groups in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$121,740	$139,210	16,940	69.08	0.96
Computer and Mathematical	$103,990	$112,800	12,460	50.81	1.50
Architecture and Engineering	$102,500	$108,910	13,670	55.75	3.31
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$83,610	$93,010	1,730	7.07	0.75
Business and Financial Operations	$81,510	$91,470	16,970	69.21	1.02
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$79,930	$97,890	15,780	64.36	1.02
Legal	$74,320	$107,220	1,580	6.43	0.77
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$57,010	$66,100	2,240	9.13	0.69
Educational Instruction and Library	$52,290	$53,750	11,070	45.13	0.77
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$51,340	$57,850	11,080	45.19	1.15
Community and Social Service	$50,440	$56,060	2,650	10.81	0.63
Construction and Extraction	$49,910	$56,580	11,120	45.37	1.10
Protective Service	$49,710	$54,220	4,980	20.31	0.84
Production	$47,520	$50,690	10,540	42.99	0.78
Office and Administrative Support	$44,230	$47,690	26,970	109.99	0.96
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,760	$43,430	14,570	59.44	0.68
Healthcare Support	$37,180	$40,920	10,030	40.91	0.81
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$36,280	$41,070	70	0.27	0.10
Sales and Related	$36,230	$48,450	22,620	92.27	1.07
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,690	$37,910	7,500	30.59	1.05
Personal Care and Service	$33,220	$37,360	4,530	18.47	0.88
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$33,210	$36,500	26,090	106.42	1.21

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 413 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL estimates (area 37340).

**: 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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.