Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Across all occupations in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $45,030 a year ($21.65 an hour) and the mean $57,610, May 2025. That median is −12% against the US median of $50,980 and −6% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 90,610 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	Hourly	$13.76	$16.48	$21.65	$30.83	$47.57	$27.70	90,610
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	Annual	$28,620	$34,280	$45,030	$64,120	$98,950	$57,610	90,610
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.

302 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$258,380	$124.22	120
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$207,470	$99.74	110
3	Dentists, General	$172,180	$82.78	60
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$155,360	$74.69	130
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$138,670	$66.67	130
6	Purchasing Managers	$135,260	$65.03	30
7	Industrial Production Managers	$134,280	$64.56	80
8	Pharmacists	$130,540	$62.76	180
9	Human Resources Managers	$127,610	$61.35	60
10	Lawyers in Florida	$126,670	$60.90	290
11	Chief Executives	$125,460	$60.32	130
12	Marketing Managers	$124,960	$60.08	70
13	Physician Assistants	$124,170	$59.70	80
14	Financial Managers in Florida	$123,350	$59.30	250
15	Computer Network Architects	$121,580	$58.45	70
16	Computer Hardware Engineers	$121,160	$58.25	110
17	Software Developers in Florida	$121,150	$58.25	400
18	Nurse Practitioners	$119,640	$57.52	190
19	Operations Research Analysts	$118,810	$57.12	80
20	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$118,480	$56.96	220

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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	3,490	38.51	1.54	$32,290
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	3,030	33.42	1.35	$28,050
3	Cashiers in Florida	2,580	28.45	1.43	$29,080
4	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	2,520	27.76	1.90	$34,990
5	General and Operations Managers in Florida	2,080	22.99	1.02	$86,070
6	Office Clerks, General in Florida	1,760	19.39	1.22	$42,840
7	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	1,690	18.68	1.02	$36,130
8	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	1,650	18.19	1.28	$34,070
9	Registered Nurses in Florida	1,610	17.73	0.82	$75,310
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	1,580	17.46	1.77	$39,540
11	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	1,310	14.47	1.60	$35,720
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	1,280	14.12	0.74	$36,230
13	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	1,180	13.01	0.78	$36,900
14	Construction Laborers in Florida	1,130	12.48	1.77	$43,250
15	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Florida	1,040	11.44	1.45	$39,090
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida	1,040	11.45	1.04	$43,750
17	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Florida	1,030	11.42	1.58	$45,700
18	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	960	10.61	1.92	$29,620
19	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Florida	910	10.06	1.93	$72,740
20	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Florida	890	9.87	0.74	$47,610

Most concentrated occupations in Panama City-Panama City Beach, 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	Computer and Information Research Scientists	6.28	140	1.50	$105,660
2	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	5.62	200	2.17	$88,710
3	Engineers, All Other	5.07	460	5.03	$115,210
4	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	4.63	140	1.59	$53,830
5	Lodging Managers	3.95	100	1.08	$62,680
6	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	3.93	220	2.45	$118,480
7	Nurse Anesthetists	3.48	110	1.16	$207,470
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.03	290	3.19	$51,660
9	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2.76	140	1.59	$46,430
10	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.53	380	4.25	$33,470

Occupation groups in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Computer and Mathematical	$97,770	$100,970	2,080	22.95	0.68
Architecture and Engineering	$96,770	$100,360	2,680	29.61	1.76
Management	$92,680	$110,240	5,650	62.37	0.87
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$78,110	$83,860	670	7.35	0.78
Business and Financial Operations	$77,910	$84,760	5,290	58.34	0.86
Legal	$76,490	$108,550	580	6.45	0.77
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$75,310	$97,070	5,210	57.55	0.91
Educational Instruction and Library	$51,630	$48,430	4,680	51.62	0.88
Protective Service	$49,710	$53,980	2,330	25.68	1.06
Community and Social Service	$49,200	$54,320	1,300	14.40	0.84
Construction and Extraction	$47,930	$53,170	5,570	61.50	1.49
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$47,820	$49,080	100	1.09	0.39
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$47,380	$57,270	840	9.25	0.70
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$47,190	$52,650	4,810	53.05	1.36
Production	$46,200	$48,520	3,100	34.27	0.62
Office and Administrative Support	$42,290	$45,320	9,940	109.71	0.96
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,640	$42,460	6,480	71.57	0.81
Healthcare Support	$37,530	$40,390	2,480	27.37	0.54
Sales and Related	$34,880	$44,080	9,990	110.28	1.28
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$34,330	$35,760	3,770	41.61	1.42
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$31,640	$35,840	11,520	127.19	1.45
Personal Care and Service	$30,840	$35,620	1,520	16.80	0.80

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 302 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL estimates (area 37460).

*: 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, 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.