Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL moved from $43,000 in May 2024 to $45,030 in May 2025 (+4.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL sits +1.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
General and Operations Managers publishes $86,070 here versus $105,770 nationally (-18.6%; 2,080metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $29,080 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-11.6%).
- General and Operations Managers$86,070 in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL sits 18.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,080 in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL sits 11.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,050 in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL sits 10.1% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,030 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$32,290 in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL sits 8.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,490 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37460 · Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #308/528
- RPP-MID 97.3
- OCC-MID 302 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $258K
- EMP-MIX Engineers, A…
- TREND-INLINE +1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH St. Joseph, MO-KS
- BOOK-MOST 299 rows · May 2025
Read with St. Joseph, MO-KS ($4 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 Panama City-Panama City Bea…
Employment scale inside Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL's top-pay list
Engineers, All Other and Software Developers lead published employment inside Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Engineers, All Other 460 jobs · $115,210
- 2. Software Developers 400 jobs · $121,150
- 3. Lawyers 290 jobs · $126,670
- 4. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $123,350
- 5. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $112,560
- 6. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 220 jobs · $118,480
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $119,640
- 8. Computer Occupations, All Other 190 jobs · $106,330
- 9. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $130,540
- 10. Information Security Analysts 170 jobs · $116,880
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $155,360
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $138,670
- 13. Chief Executives 130 jobs · $125,460
- 14. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $258,380
- 15. Electrical Engineers 120 jobs · $112,700
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 110 jobs · $207,470
- 17. Computer Hardware Engineers 110 jobs · $121,160
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $134,280
Occupations Tracked
302
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,607
employment-weighted, 299 complete rows
Top Salary
$258,380
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
97.3
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $258,380 |
| 2 | Nurse Anesthetists | $207,470 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $172,180 |
| 4 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $155,360 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,670 |
| 6 | Purchasing Managers | $135,260 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $134,280 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $130,540 |
| 9 | Human Resources Managers | $127,610 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $126,670 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $125,460 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $124,960 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $124,170 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $123,350 |
| 15 | Computer Network Architects | $121,580 |
| 16 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $121,160 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $121,150 |
| 18 | Nurse Practitioners | $119,640 |
| 19 | Operations Research Analysts | $118,810 |
| 20 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $118,480 |
| 21 | Information Security Analysts | $116,880 |
| 22 | Engineers, All Other | $115,210 |
| 23 | Electrical Engineers | $112,700 |
| 24 | Sales Managers | $112,560 |
| 25 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $106,330 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,040 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $27,170 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,050 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,260 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,680 |
| Cashiers | $29,080 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | $29,590 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $29,620 |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters | $29,640 |
| Dishwashers | $30,010 |
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 ($56,607 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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.