Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL moved from $45,410 in May 2024 to $46,630 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Coaches and Scouts shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
Coaches and Scouts publishes $32,280 here versus $47,320 nationally (-31.8%; 2,550metro-area jobs). Next is Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors at $48,840 locally versus $64,330 nationally (-24.1%).
- Coaches and Scouts$32,280 in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL sits 31.8% below the national Coaches and Scouts median of $47,320 (2,550 published local jobs).
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$48,840 in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL sits 24.1% below the national Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors median of $64,330 (3,620 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$45,520 in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL sits 23.2% below the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (3,580 published local jobs).
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$82,270 in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL sits 22.3% below the national Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary median of $105,870 (3,150 published local jobs).
Coaches and Scouts and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36740 · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #176/528
- RPP-MID 101.4
- OCC-MOST 607 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $475K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Toledo, OH
- BOOK-FULL 583 rows · May 2025
Read with Toledo, OH (+$16 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
Employment scale inside Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 6,190 jobs · $140,850
- 2. Lawyers 5,890 jobs · $136,970
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,190 jobs · $171,210
- 4. Marketing Managers 3,420 jobs · $143,220
- 5. Pharmacists 2,900 jobs · $135,010
- 6. Physicians, All Other 2,390 jobs · $283,600
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,780 jobs · $177,990
- 8. Computer Network Architects 1,730 jobs · $156,560
- 9. Human Resources Managers 1,530 jobs · $136,230
- 10. Dentists, General 1,320 jobs · $212,300
- 11. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,040 jobs · $133,390
- 12. Nurse Anesthetists 770 jobs · $214,690
- 13. Computer Hardware Engineers 650 jobs · $136,300
- 14. Veterinarians 570 jobs · $132,440
- 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 400 jobs · $324,150
- 16. Optometrists 290 jobs · $160,090
- 17. Database Architects 270 jobs · $143,540
- 18. Psychiatrists 180 jobs · $320,250
Occupations Tracked
607
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,816
employment-weighted, 583 complete rows
Top Salary
$475,440
Radiologists
Cost of Living
101.4
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $475,440 |
| 2 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $469,750 |
| 3 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $337,410 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $324,150 |
| 5 | Psychiatrists | $320,250 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $283,600 |
| 7 | Nurse Anesthetists | $214,690 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $212,300 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $177,990 |
| 10 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $176,450 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $171,210 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $160,090 |
| 13 | Computer Network Architects | $156,560 |
| 14 | Podiatrists | $155,960 |
| 15 | Air Traffic Controllers | $147,800 |
| 16 | Database Architects | $143,540 |
| 17 | Marketing Managers | $143,220 |
| 18 | Financial Managers | $140,850 |
| 19 | Materials Engineers | $138,430 |
| 20 | Lawyers | $136,970 |
| 21 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $136,300 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $136,230 |
| 23 | Pharmacists | $135,010 |
| 24 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $133,390 |
| 25 | Veterinarians | $132,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | $27,080 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,620 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $29,110 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $29,350 |
| Parking Attendants | $29,430 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,470 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,640 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,940 |
| Funeral Attendants | $29,990 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $30,150 |
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 ($60,816 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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