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.
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.
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.
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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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL at $475,440/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,816 adjusts to about $59,966 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.4. 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.