Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL moved from $44,610 in May 2024 to $46,140 in May 2025 (+3.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL sits +0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel publishes $46,070 here versus $69,990 nationally (-34.2%; 2,250metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $50,420 locally versus $63,970 nationally (-21.2%).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$46,070 in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL sits 34.2% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (2,250 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$50,420 in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL sits 21.2% below the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,280 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$39,470 in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL sits 16.2% below the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (2,690 published local jobs).
- Nursing Assistants$36,000 in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL sits 14.8% below the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (2,960 published local jobs).
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29460 · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #296/528
- RPP-MID 97.1
- OCC-MOST 429 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $482K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Killeen-Temple, TX
- BOOK-FULL 422 rows · May 2025
Read with Killeen-Temple, TX (+$7 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
Employment scale inside Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,200 jobs · $151,440
- 2. Software Developers 990 jobs · $122,200
- 3. Sales Managers 960 jobs · $126,890
- 4. Lawyers 730 jobs · $122,870
- 5. Chief Executives 570 jobs · $179,360
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 570 jobs · $125,720
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 550 jobs · $161,180
- 8. Pharmacists 490 jobs · $142,380
- 9. Marketing Managers 390 jobs · $133,900
- 10. Physicians, All Other 330 jobs · $295,940
- 11. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $121,540
- 12. Human Resources Managers 220 jobs · $135,350
- 13. Dentists, General 210 jobs · $205,300
- 14. Data Scientists 190 jobs · $119,340
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 170 jobs · $247,090
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 150 jobs · $156,550
- 17. Computer Network Architects 140 jobs · $139,150
- 18. Optometrists 120 jobs · $157,140
Occupations Tracked
429
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,944
employment-weighted, 422 complete rows
Top Salary
$482,020
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
97.1
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $482,020 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $295,940 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $247,090 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $205,300 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $179,360 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,180 |
| 7 | Optometrists | $157,140 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $156,550 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $151,440 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $142,380 |
| 11 | Computer Network Architects | $139,150 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $135,350 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $133,900 |
| 14 | Training and Development Managers | $131,670 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $129,810 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $127,200 |
| 17 | Sales Managers | $126,890 |
| 18 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,720 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $122,870 |
| 20 | Software Developers | $122,200 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $121,540 |
| 22 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $119,490 |
| 23 | Data Scientists | $119,340 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $117,480 |
| 25 | Pediatricians, General | $116,320 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $27,700 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,860 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,050 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,500 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,030 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,100 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,140 |
| Dishwashers | $29,190 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $29,390 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,700 |
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 ($56,944 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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