Highest Paying Jobs in Florida

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$473,750

Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric

Top 25 Average

$268,457

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Florida by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric pays a state median of $473,750, +32% above the national median of $358,550 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 99 pay above $100,000 per year in Florida — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $381,579, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 35 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Florida, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Florida is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Florida, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$473,750	$358,550	+32% above	580
2	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$465,370	$391,490	+19% above	2,530
3	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$429,990	$414,010	+4% above	2,260
4	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$417,690	$420,860	1% below	1,680
5	Cardiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$414,910	$496,010	16% below	920
6	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$399,440	$300,080	+33% above	580
7	Neurologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$322,750	$248,560	+30% above	520
8	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$316,200	$281,870	+12% above	1,930
9	Physicians, Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$313,510	$312,400	same as	370
10	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$262,180	$265,930	1% below	23,390
11	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$233,050	$352,220	34% below	N/A
12	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$227,700	$244,180	7% below	N/A
13	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$225,390	$172,250	+31% above	340
14	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$225,020	$232,140	3% below	7,760
15	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$222,600	$256,560	13% below	2,390
16	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$210,570	$236,590	11% below	4,600
17	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$204,990	$335,550	39% below	2,060
18	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$186,040	$153,990	+21% above	1,380
19	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$182,010	$210,040	13% below	700
20	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$174,900	$170,950	+2% above	9,320
21	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$170,740	$171,270	same as	8,710
22	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$168,470	$175,140	4% below	35,040
23	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$157,390	$127,410	+24% above	370
24	Medical Dosimetrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$153,490	$147,470	+4% above	320
25	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$153,280	$166,570	8% below	48,910
26	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$151,670	$136,570	+11% above	2,350
27	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$147,530	$148,080	same as	1,950
28	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$142,620	$166,790	14% below	24,820
29	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$138,340	$160,300	14% below	870
30	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$138,320	$139,500	1% below	1,810
31	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$137,790	$149,280	8% below	11,570
32	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$135,970	$140,910	4% below	21,540
33	Nuclear Technicians Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$135,550	$110,240	+23% above	60
34	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$135,400	$133,970	+1% above	120
35	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$134,690	$110,840	+22% above	910
36	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$134,160	$161,740	17% below	3,290
37	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$133,410	$148,080	10% below	3,960
38	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$133,180	$159,670	17% below	55,210
39	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$132,800	$134,050	1% below	9,370
40	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$132,110	$130,000	+2% above	1,300
41	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$131,900	$148,270	11% below	46,480
42	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$131,690	$122,570	+7% above	340
43	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,660	$130,100	+1% above	5,360
44	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$130,980	$135,980	4% below	87,890
45	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,640	$112,230	+16% above	370
46	Ship Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$130,480	$109,530	+19% above	1,260
47	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,620	$135,880	5% below	9,310
48	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,510	$132,300	2% below	21,790
49	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,280	$134,960	4% below	3,250
50	Chemical Plant and System Operators Production Occupations	$128,830	$78,120	+65% above	60
51	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$127,960	$149,230	14% below	1,670
52	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$127,550	$146,910	13% below	2,990
53	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$127,460	$134,040	5% below	460
54	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$125,530	$124,900	+1% above	2,410
55	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$124,860	$129,180	3% below	14,220
56	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$121,890	$123,220	1% below	6,340
57	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$120,360	$123,860	3% below	42,700
58	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$119,870	$126,060	5% below	9,480
59	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$119,810	$140,300	15% below	1,070
60	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$118,780	$112,860	+5% above	690
61	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$118,290	$133,000	11% below	3,550
62	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$117,500	$106,220	+11% above	50
63	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$116,860	$130,220	10% below	5,280
64	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$116,840	$107,110	+9% above	1,800
65	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$115,960	$99,070	+17% above	270
66	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Legal Occupations	$115,920	$117,860	2% below	570
67	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$115,820	$120,230	4% below	10,240
68	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$113,130	$114,990	2% below	34,010
69	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$112,220	$167,220	33% below	4,370
70	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$109,000	$125,040	13% below	230
71	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$108,890	$141,900	23% below	37,820
72	Statisticians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,040	$105,650	+2% above	550
73	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$107,700	$104,920	+3% above	19,840
74	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$105,410	$122,930	14% below	8,600
75	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$105,370	$116,580	10% below	13,710
76	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$104,780	$120,630	13% below	9,220
77	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$104,730	$109,910	5% below	2,790
78	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$104,120	$104,620	same as	3,810
79	Soil and Plant Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$103,240	$78,850	+31% above	270
80	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$102,880	$96,660	+6% above	350
81	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,720	$128,500	20% below	720
82	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$102,430	$124,720	18% below	500
83	Materials Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$102,340	$117,790	13% below	200
84	Genetic Counselors Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,330	$100,040	+2% above	100
85	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$101,900	$105,850	4% below	35,270
86	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,790	$115,160	12% below	770
87	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$101,780	$103,020	1% below	910
88	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,730	$109,370	7% below	900
89	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,610	$102,440	1% below	14,050
90	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$101,580	$105,770	4% below	236,290
91	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$101,570	$107,230	5% below	N/A
92	Transportation Inspectors Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$101,470	$92,100	+10% above	1,630
93	Food Scientists and Technologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$101,160	$88,720	+14% above	170
94	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$101,060	$106,730	5% below	260
95	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,040	$102,760	2% below	16,290
96	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$100,970	$105,070	4% below	21,490
97	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,920	$105,310	4% below	1,280
98	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$100,880	$106,040	5% below	9,900
99	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,210	$104,300	4% below	10,320
100	Speech-Language Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,990	$97,870	+2% above	10,080

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Florida. The "Difference" column shows how Florida pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

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