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.
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.
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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How to use Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL at $341,440/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $66,850 adjusts to about $66,847 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.0. 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.