Wildwood-The Villages, FL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Wildwood-The Villages, FL moved from $44,660 in May 2024 to $45,830 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Wildwood-The Villages, FL sits -0.5 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48680 · Wildwood-The Villages, FL $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #250/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.4
- OCC-THIN 192 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $286K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wichita, KS
- BOOK-MOST 186 rows · May 2025
Read with Wichita, KS (+$4 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Where Wildwood-The Villages, FL already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Wildwood-The Villages, FL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 250 jobs · $104,760
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $124,930
- 3. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $109,120
- 4. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $286,310
- 5. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $149,880
- 6. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 140 jobs · $103,060
- 7. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $128,640
- 8. Software Developers 130 jobs · $128,560
- 9. Management Analysts 120 jobs · $99,300
- 10. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $100,970
- 11. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $125,340
- 12. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $99,610
- 13. Lawyers 70 jobs · $124,700
- 14. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $111,200
- 15. Speech-Language Pathologists 70 jobs · $102,260
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 60 jobs · $223,580
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $161,820
- 18. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $138,560
Occupations Tracked
192
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,368
employment-weighted, 186 complete rows
Top Salary
$286,310
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.4
15% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,760 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,930 |
| 3 | Construction Managers | $109,120 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $286,310 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $149,880 |
| 6 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $103,060 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $128,640 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $128,560 |
| 9 | Management Analysts | $99,300 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $100,970 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $125,340 |
| 12 | Physical Therapists | $99,610 |
| 13 | Lawyers | $124,700 |
| 14 | Electrical Engineers | $111,200 |
| 15 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $102,260 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $223,580 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,820 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $138,560 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $170,180 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $147,180 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $131,710 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $113,770 |
| 23 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $109,780 |
| 24 | Industrial Production Managers | $122,540 |
| 25 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $100,520 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Wildwood-The Villages, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,160 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,280 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,690 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,810 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $28,860 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,300 |
| Dishwashers | $29,430 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,960 |
| Cashiers | $30,450 |
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 ($58,368 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
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 Wildwood-The Villages, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Wildwood-The Villages, FL at $286,310/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,368 adjusts to about $68,327 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.4. 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.