Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL moved from $47,590 in May 2024 to $49,030 in May 2025 (+3.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL sits -0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
Registered Nurses publishes $80,900 here versus $97,550 nationally (-17.1%; 5,440metro-area jobs). Next is Customer Service Representatives at $37,760 locally versus $44,770 nationally (-15.7%).
- Registered Nurses$80,900 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL sits 17.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (5,440 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$37,760 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL sits 15.7% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (4,700 published local jobs).
- Medical Assistants$38,830 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL sits 15.0% below the national Medical Assistants median of $45,690 (2,230 published local jobs).
- Nursing Assistants$37,070 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL sits 12.3% below the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (2,760 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37340 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #77/528
- RPP-MID 100.0
- OCC-MOST 413 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $341K
- EMP-MIX Architectura…
- TREND-INLINE -0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Peoria, IL
- BOOK-FULL 405 rows · May 2025
Read with Peoria, IL (+$21 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusvil…
Employment scale inside Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL's top-pay list
Architectural and Engineering Managers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,100 jobs · $175,490
- 2. Managers, All Other 980 jobs · $140,980
- 3. Sales Managers 960 jobs · $132,950
- 4. Financial Managers 950 jobs · $160,910
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 930 jobs · $172,020
- 6. Chief Executives 590 jobs · $175,070
- 7. Computer Hardware Engineers 500 jobs · $150,530
- 8. Pharmacists 470 jobs · $134,070
- 9. Physicians, All Other 460 jobs · $341,440
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 450 jobs · $132,870
- 11. Marketing Managers 400 jobs · $161,630
- 12. Human Resources Managers 260 jobs · $156,300
- 13. Dentists, General 230 jobs · $199,990
- 14. Purchasing Managers 180 jobs · $150,530
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 170 jobs · $237,200
- 16. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $133,850
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 100 jobs · $133,620
- 18. Physical Scientists, All Other 80 jobs · $157,710
Occupations Tracked
413
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,850
employment-weighted, 405 complete rows
Top Salary
$341,440
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
100.0
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $341,440 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $237,200 |
| 3 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $234,620 |
| 4 | Podiatrists | $207,560 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $199,990 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $175,490 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $175,070 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $172,020 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $170,850 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $161,630 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $160,910 |
| 12 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $157,710 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $156,300 |
| 14 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | $154,390 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $150,530 |
| 16 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $150,530 |
| 17 | Database Architects | $150,330 |
| 18 | Physicists | $146,350 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $140,980 |
| 20 | Optometrists | $139,030 |
| 21 | Pharmacists | $134,070 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $133,850 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $133,620 |
| 24 | Sales Managers | $132,950 |
| 25 | Industrial Production Managers | $132,870 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,720 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,980 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $28,170 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,660 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,020 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,320 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $29,560 |
| Cashiers | $30,390 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $30,500 |
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 ($66,850 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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