Gainesville, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Gainesville, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Gainesville, FL moved from $46,950 in May 2024 to $47,020 in May 2025 (+0.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Gainesville, FL sits -3.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Gainesville, FL
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other publishes $31,750 here versus $45,670 nationally (-30.5%; 3,530metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $81,870 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-16.1%).
- Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$31,750 in Gainesville, FL sits 30.5% below the national Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other median of $45,670 (3,530 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$81,870 in Gainesville, FL sits 16.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (7,470 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$38,550 in Gainesville, FL sits 13.9% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,030 published local jobs).
- Nursing Assistants$36,990 in Gainesville, FL sits 12.5% below the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (2,890 published local jobs).
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Gainesville, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 23540 · Gainesville, FL $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #240/528
- RPP-MID 96.7
- OCC-MID 349 occs
- TOP-LEAD Psychiatrists · $404K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-BEHIND -3.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Roanoke, VA
- BOOK-FULL 345 rows · May 2025
Read with Roanoke, VA ($11 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Gainesville, FL
Employment scale inside Gainesville, FL's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Gainesville, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 800 jobs · $126,440
- 2. Lawyers 600 jobs · $132,160
- 3. Software Developers 580 jobs · $122,950
- 4. Pharmacists 540 jobs · $129,260
- 5. Physicians, All Other 440 jobs · $291,160
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 440 jobs · $146,090
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 410 jobs · $134,270
- 8. Sales Managers 380 jobs · $118,070
- 9. Chief Executives 330 jobs · $238,200
- 10. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $129,150
- 11. Human Resources Managers 190 jobs · $121,570
- 12. Dentists, General 140 jobs · $184,220
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $122,810
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 130 jobs · $119,410
- 15. Personal Financial Advisors 120 jobs · $116,470
- 16. Veterinarians 120 jobs · $115,210
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $222,820
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $138,930
Occupations Tracked
349
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,550
employment-weighted, 345 complete rows
Top Salary
$404,240
Psychiatrists
Cost of Living
96.7
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Gainesville, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychiatrists | $404,240 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $291,160 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $238,200 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $225,280 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $222,820 |
| 6 | Dentists, General | $184,220 |
| 7 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $178,950 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $146,090 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $138,930 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $134,270 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $132,160 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $129,260 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $129,150 |
| 14 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $126,440 |
| 15 | Environmental Engineers | $126,440 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $125,440 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $124,840 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $122,950 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $122,810 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $121,570 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $119,410 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $118,070 |
| 23 | Personal Financial Advisors | $116,470 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $116,200 |
| 25 | Veterinarians | $115,210 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Gainesville, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,810 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $27,930 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,070 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,280 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,400 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,970 |
| Dishwashers | $29,490 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,540 |
| Cashiers | $29,710 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $29,890 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in FL
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside FL. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,550 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.