Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · SOC 35-3011

Bartenders in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.

Median Salary

$34,670

per year in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro

+1% above

National Median

$34,340

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$16.67/hr

median hourly

Employment

1,560

jobs in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro

The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville pay distribution spans from $27,590 at the 10th percentile to $60,520 at the 90th, a 2.2× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $29,050 and the 75th at $45,410, so half of Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville-based bartenders earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide FL estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.

Salary Range in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$27,590

25th$29,050

Median$34,670

75th$45,410

90th$60,520

Top Paying Jobs in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

1. Physicians, All Other $341,440 2. Family Medicine Physicians $237,200 3. Dentists, All Other Specialists $234,620 4. Podiatrists Small sample $207,560 5. Dentists, General $199,990 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers $175,490 7. Chief Executives $175,070 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers $172,020 9. Computer and Information Research Scientists Small sample $170,850 10. Marketing Managers $161,630

Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.