Ocala, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Ocala, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Ocala, FL moved from $42,230 in May 2024 to $43,990 in May 2025 (+4.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Ocala, FL sits +1.1 pp ahead of 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.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Ocala, FL
General and Operations Managers publishes $83,770 here versus $105,770 nationally (-20.8%; 2,690metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $79,230 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-18.8%).
- General and Operations Managers$83,770 in Ocala, FL sits 20.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,690 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$79,230 in Ocala, FL sits 18.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,040 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,090 in Ocala, FL sits 12.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,430 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,490 in Ocala, FL sits 12.2% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,230 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Ocala, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36100 · Ocala, FL $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #388/528
- RPP-MID 95.2
- OCC-MID 313 occs
- TOP-LEAD Psychiatrists · $396K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH East South Dakot…
- BOOK-FULL 311 rows · May 2025
Read with East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($35 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 Ocala, FL
Employment scale inside Ocala, FL's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Ocala, FL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 490 jobs · $101,020
- 2. Sales Managers 400 jobs · $117,240
- 3. Software Developers 380 jobs · $112,780
- 4. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $129,360
- 5. Physicians, All Other 300 jobs · $231,840
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $124,430
- 7. Pharmacists 260 jobs · $128,870
- 8. Chief Executives 220 jobs · $131,440
- 9. Industrial Engineers 170 jobs · $99,300
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $138,580
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $104,400
- 12. Marketing Managers 140 jobs · $115,550
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $224,500
- 14. Veterinarians 120 jobs · $129,410
- 15. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $125,790
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 110 jobs · $105,210
- 17. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $203,980
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $162,520
Occupations Tracked
313
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,889
employment-weighted, 311 complete rows
Top Salary
$396,200
Psychiatrists
Cost of Living
95.2
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Ocala, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychiatrists | $396,200 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $231,840 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $224,500 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $203,980 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $203,850 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $162,520 |
| 7 | Sales Engineers | $158,190 |
| 8 | Optometrists | $152,880 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,580 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $131,440 |
| 11 | Veterinarians | $129,410 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $129,360 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $128,870 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $125,790 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,430 |
| 16 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $121,250 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $117,510 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $117,240 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $115,550 |
| 20 | Software Developers | $112,780 |
| 21 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $105,210 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $104,400 |
| 23 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,020 |
| 24 | Commercial Pilots | $100,240 |
| 25 | Industrial Engineers | $99,300 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Ocala, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,040 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,040 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $27,180 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,340 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,880 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,650 |
| Dishwashers | $28,850 |
| Cashiers | $28,970 |
| File Clerks | $29,070 |
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 ($53,889 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 Ocala, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Psychiatrists leads published medians in Ocala, FL at $396,200/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Psychiatrists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,889 adjusts to about $56,586 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.2. 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.