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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Gainesville, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Psychiatrists leads published medians in Gainesville, FL at $404,240/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Psychiatrists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,550 adjusts to about $60,527 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for FL before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.