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.
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.
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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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Punta Gorda, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Punta Gorda, FL at $232,880/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,675 adjusts to about $55,384 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.5. 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.