Best jobs in Florida
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Florida, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Florida (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Florida pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$473,750 vs $358,550 · +32.1%
$465,370 vs $391,490 · +18.9%
$129,510 vs $132,300 · -2.1%
$429,990 vs $414,010 · +3.9%
$414,910 vs $496,010 · -16.4%
$417,690 vs $420,860 · -0.8%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 777 scored occupations — show all 777show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
107
$60,660
+3.1%
35
166
$45,900
-1.6%
29
167
$62,490
+0.3%
29
175
$107,700
+1.9%
28
234
$61,000
+3.7%
25
276
$50,110
+6.3%
22
406
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$39,090
+4.6%
17
453
$51,290
+2.3%
16
573
$66,340
-19.6%
13
607
$58,920
-13.7%
12
638
$39,800
+2.0%
11
661
$39,730
+1.2%
10
664
$49,610
-4.3%
10
705
$44,710
-13.6%
9
710
$43,520
-1.1%
9
716
$39,440
-12.1%
9
719
$38,440
-3.8%
8
729
$40,310
-12.0%
8
762
$36,160
-9.0%
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.