Punta Gorda, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Punta Gorda, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Punta Gorda, FL moved from $44,080 in May 2024 to $45,500 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Punta Gorda, FL sits +0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Punta Gorda, FL
Retail Salespersons publishes $34,290 here versus $35,410 nationally (-3.2%; 2,720metro-area jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,290 in Punta Gorda, FL sits 3.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,720 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Punta Gorda, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 39460 · Punta Gorda, FL $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #331/528
- RPP-MID 100.5
- OCC-MID 206 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $233K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Niles, MI
- BOOK-MOST 204 rows · May 2025
Read with Niles, MI ($1 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 Punta Gorda, FL
Employment scale inside Punta Gorda, FL's top-pay list
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Punta Gorda, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 280 jobs · $134,510
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $106,070
- 3. Construction Managers 210 jobs · $98,580
- 4. Management Analysts 200 jobs · $99,010
- 5. Lawyers 190 jobs · $101,990
- 6. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $127,280
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $125,460
- 8. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $112,360
- 9. Computer Systems Analysts 160 jobs · $101,830
- 10. Physical Therapists 160 jobs · $101,030
- 11. Physicians, All Other 150 jobs · $160,830
- 12. Chief Executives 140 jobs · $151,230
- 13. Civil Engineers 110 jobs · $99,230
- 14. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $134,840
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $232,880
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $168,730
- 17. Occupational Therapists 80 jobs · $100,430
- 18. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $171,220
Occupations Tracked
206
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,675
employment-weighted, 204 complete rows
Top Salary
$232,880
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
100.5
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Punta Gorda, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $232,880 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $171,220 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $168,730 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $160,830 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $151,230 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $134,840 |
| 7 | Software Developers | $134,510 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $127,820 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $127,280 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,460 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $125,330 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $120,400 |
| 13 | Veterinarians | $118,600 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $112,360 |
| 15 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $112,240 |
| 16 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,070 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $101,990 |
| 18 | Computer Systems Analysts | $101,830 |
| 19 | Physical Therapists | $101,030 |
| 20 | Occupational Therapists | $100,430 |
| 21 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $100,020 |
| 22 | Civil Engineers | $99,230 |
| 23 | Management Analysts | $99,010 |
| 24 | Construction Managers | $98,580 |
| 25 | Personal Financial Advisors | $97,270 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Punta Gorda, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,760 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,310 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,100 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,160 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,170 |
| Dishwashers | $30,100 |
| Cashiers | $30,770 |
| Animal Caretakers | $31,200 |
| Medical Transcriptionists | $31,200 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $31,890 |
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 ($55,675 here) and summed published employment.
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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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