Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Across all occupations in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area, the median wage is $48,940 a year ($23.53 an hour) and the mean $66,490, May 2025. That median is −4% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against Florida's $47,880. BLS counts 1,447,120 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL vs Florida and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area, Florida and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	Hourly	$14.51	$17.63	$23.53	$37.43	$58.62	$31.96	1,447,120
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	Annual	$30,190	$36,670	$48,940	$77,860	$121,920	$66,490	1,447,120
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.

632 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$523,610	$251.74	**
2	Cardiologists	$515,710	$247.94	70
3	Surgeons, All Other	$500,390	$240.57	70
4	Radiologists	$410,170	$197.20	190
5	Dermatologists	$397,710	$191.21	**
6	Physicians, Pathologists	$362,470	$174.26	100
7	Physicians, All Other	$287,200	$138.08	4,190
8	Physicists	$266,260	$128.01	70
9	Family Medicine Physicians	$233,210	$112.12	1,290
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$229,490	*	180
11	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$228,950	$110.07	**
12	Nurse Anesthetists	$206,270	$99.17	1,070
13	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$196,890	$94.66	200
14	Pediatricians, General	$182,680	$87.83	60
15	Medical Dosimetrists	$177,250	$85.22	40
16	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$169,310	$81.40	1,480
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Florida	$168,470	$81.00	6,520
18	Podiatrists	$165,280	$79.46	150
19	Marketing Managers	$159,990	$76.92	**
20	Dentists, General	$159,270	$76.57	1,290

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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Florida	45,130	31.18	1.24	$33,790
2	Registered Nurses in Florida	38,720	26.75	1.23	$85,470
3	General and Operations Managers in Florida	35,700	24.67	1.10	$103,670
4	Customer Service Representatives in Florida	34,150	23.60	1.41	$42,660
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida	33,910	23.43	0.95	$29,260
6	Cashiers in Florida	25,820	17.84	0.90	$30,290
7	Waiters and Waitresses in Florida	25,280	17.47	1.20	$37,070
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida	23,830	16.47	0.90	$35,420
9	Office Clerks, General in Florida	23,680	16.36	1.03	$45,680
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida	22,610	15.62	0.82	$37,570
11	Cooks, Restaurant in Florida	18,640	12.88	1.42	$37,010
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida	18,460	12.76	0.90	$34,800
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida	16,350	11.30	1.83	$43,770
14	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida	16,050	11.09	1.37	$59,600
15	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Florida	15,840	10.95	0.83	$50,560
16	Nursing Assistants in Florida	15,120	10.45	1.12	$37,470
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida	14,780	10.21	0.93	*
18	Accountants and Auditors in Florida	14,770	10.21	1.09	$78,990
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida	14,380	9.94	1.01	$46,020
20	Software Developers in Florida	14,230	9.84	0.91	$130,450

Most concentrated occupations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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	Medical Appliance Technicians	3.21	340	0.23	$46,210
2	Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	3.02	450	0.31	$40,750
3	Traffic Technicians	2.92	210	0.15	$62,300
4	Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	2.91	770	0.53	$42,670
5	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	2.82	610	0.42	$54,470
6	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	2.69	1,220	0.84	$56,880
7	Roofers	2.68	3,380	2.34	$47,170
8	Athletes and Sports Competitors	2.46	350	0.24	$76,860
9	Interpreters and Translators	2.42	1,170	0.81	$49,470
10	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	2.40	7,240	5.01	$77,990

Occupation groups in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$117,690	$138,310	113,290	78.29	1.09
Computer and Mathematical	$101,730	$108,860	50,900	35.18	1.04
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$82,450	$103,180	106,810	73.81	1.17
Architecture and Engineering	$81,910	$93,810	19,690	13.60	0.81
Legal	$79,790	$106,150	17,400	12.02	1.43
Business and Financial Operations	$78,890	$88,380	118,550	81.92	1.21
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$75,820	$84,190	9,820	6.79	0.72
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$59,060	$68,120	18,100	12.51	0.95
Educational Instruction and Library	$52,180	$55,170	63,100	43.60	0.75
Community and Social Service	$51,860	$58,120	19,790	13.68	0.80
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$50,990	$57,340	56,700	39.18	1.00
Construction and Extraction	$49,550	$55,510	66,300	45.81	1.11
Protective Service	$49,010	$58,280	31,570	21.82	0.90
Office and Administrative Support	$45,800	$49,770	185,560	128.23	1.12
Production	$43,530	$47,160	50,330	34.78	0.63
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,090	$44,270	109,720	75.82	0.86
Healthcare Support	$37,790	$41,570	50,970	35.22	0.69
Sales and Related	$37,540	$52,310	147,430	101.88	1.18
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,670	$37,580	42,730	29.53	1.01
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$34,840	$37,910	138,090	95.42	1.08
Personal Care and Service	$34,290	$40,080	29,030	20.06	0.96
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$33,000	$35,940	1,240	0.86	0.31

Every occupation in Florida, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 632 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL estimates (area 45300).

*: 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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.