JobAfterNext

South Florida nonmetropolitan area

285 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 1200003.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Family Medicine Physicians$245,400
Dentists, General$201,280
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$195,880
Computer and Information Systems Managers$150,680
Pharmacists$139,600
Software Developers$136,850
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$132,700
Veterinarians$129,550
Nurse Practitioners$127,940
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$122,520
Marketing Managers$121,450
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$119,340
Human Resources Managers$116,630
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)$114,630
Lawyers$113,300
Sales Managers$112,910
Commercial Pilots$110,510
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$109,210
Medical and Health Services Managers$106,220
Management Analysts$104,690
All 285 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011530$78,1800.64
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012110$86,5000.77
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301130$55,1701.64
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301160$79,3000.78
Aircraft Service Attendants 53-603240$45,5202.12
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091320$32,8301.43
Animal Caretakers 39-2021190$35,7201.23
Animal Trainers 39-201140$38,5703.83
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$99,8500.58
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302150$45,9700.54
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023350$46,2700.88
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603170$31,9501.21
Baggage Porters and Bellhops 39-6011130$30,6707.90
Bakers 51-3011150$39,5201.13
Bartenders 35-30111,420$32,6403.33
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301130$48,4600.37
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021160$46,5400.69
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102950$65,0801.50
Biological Technicians 19-402130$47,8400.84
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031880$49,5201.14
Budget Analysts 13-203140$94,5201.33
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051210$46,3300.92
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031170$57,1501.06
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199420$81,3700.68
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302190$45,5801.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020170$65,7700.60
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 53-5021380$59,28018.51
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203250$75,7300.81
Carpenters 47-2031510$50,8601.36
Cashiers 41-20112,410$30,1801.39
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051200$47,0401.68
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011280$64,9902.51
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011150$132,7001.33
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021120$56,8800.54
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011140$35,9200.49
Chiropractors 29-101130$74,8701.39
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205190$100,4300.43
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103150$60,2100.28
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061150$34,0400.71
Clergy 21-201130$44,2800.96
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010110$74,2400.61
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022140$38,7501.01
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912470$42,1700.74
Commercial Pilots 53-201270$110,5102.61
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041190$80,9800.80
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299100$114,6300.40
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211100$97,3600.33
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232220$59,6300.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302190$150,6800.23
Concierges 39-601240$37,5101.43
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-1031Not available$38,250
Construction Laborers 47-20611,170$44,3201.89
Construction Managers 11-9021350$104,2501.64
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-4011140$73,8701.69
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012230$37,1800.93
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,810$37,8202.28
Cooks, Short Order 35-201580$39,0001.02
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012950$47,1304.41
Cost Estimators 13-1051100$78,5500.76
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021320$41,4801.42
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031230$51,7502.29
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 33-909170$32,8201.30
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,000$42,0900.68
Data Entry Keyers 43-902160$36,4000.82
Dental Assistants 31-9091130$47,3900.60
Dental Hygienists 29-129270$93,6900.53
Dentists, General 29-102150$201,2800.70
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302190$62,3201.46
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011830$30,3302.70
Dishwashers 35-9021570$33,2802.13
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032120$54,0901.02
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031350$30,0701.53
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208160$47,5701.36
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032200$97,0401.10
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903170$56,1001.70
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012130$61,3100.66
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$101,3900.38
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051120$86,3901.63
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302330$64,9200.60
Electricians 47-2111410$57,6400.95
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,060$56,5901.36
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042120$58,5301.20
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 11-907240$64,6401.87
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204180$56,2801.49
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011140$65,1200.55
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903190$50,1600.49
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301370$93,1900.75
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121540$245,4000.63
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,420$29,8501.11
File Clerks 43-407170$48,5901.78
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031300$119,3400.63
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$81,2400.28
Firefighters 33-2011450$45,8302.29
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011780$74,3201.71
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011310$54,77010.45
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101470$46,0101.13
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-101180$36,6605.37
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102190$84,6501.59
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-10121,240$45,9301.80
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011290$44,3202.90
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012240$47,2903.20
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011500$72,7901.43
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101250$86,6200.44
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011830$62,2301.03
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$45,6900.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012220$82,2002.56
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011200$67,2500.52
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011980$48,1901.54
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109140$57,0400.77
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047240$65,6500.68
Floral Designers 27-102330$37,1201.46
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021960$36,2301.91
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-909940$27,5600.92
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041160$31,3800.99
Food Service Managers 11-9051300$78,6902.23
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,060$92,5901.04
Graphic Designers 27-102450$53,9000.42
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501280$29,8000.49
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209950$46,6300.47
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021340$58,0701.45
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,240$48,4601.07
Helpers--Carpenters 47-301240$40,5703.64
Helpers--Electricians 47-301390$37,8902.54
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909840$37,7000.68
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051100$46,8701.13
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120500$36,2100.20
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031520$31,4002.14
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081930$35,7306.31
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$116,6300.45
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071330$64,9600.63
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211240$97,1000.18
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041130$56,7500.51
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305160$109,2100.42
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051480$59,3101.10
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199110$55,0401.50
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061100$49,4700.30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099180$47,0201.78
Instructional Coordinators 25-903180$76,5100.60
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904150$47,0700.44
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021200$61,0700.72
Insurance Underwriters 13-205350$63,0600.84
Interior Designers 27-102540$59,6400.92
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,150$36,1400.92
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012100$57,5401.62
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062870$36,5900.52
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-30111,650$36,6903.08
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011240$33,2902.13
Lawyers 23-1011180$113,3000.41
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601230$48,4300.38
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402260$69,5400.79
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061230$63,6100.62
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909260$34,6800.64
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033340$41,0100.62
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413140$47,7400.46
Loan Officers 13-207290$61,6400.59
Lodging Managers 11-9081220$75,1509.16
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108170$79,5300.50
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20121,970$34,3304.05
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,760$45,1302.04
Management Analysts 13-1111220$104,6900.44
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199260$100,2000.75
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509240$38,0800.46
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161260$63,4300.52
Marketing Managers 11-2021130$121,4500.59
Massage Therapists 31-9011120$48,2002.08
Medical Assistants 31-9092300$39,5900.66
Medical Records Specialists 29-207280$48,8500.75
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013520$40,7800.97
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111220$106,2200.66
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-1121100$61,5801.18
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102650$38,8200.54
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022320$58,2300.92
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-209060$37,6600.08
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902380$37,4401.45
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304280$63,6300.79
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) 51-919540$44,2002.02
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3051160$53,40012.42
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912150$93,4900.76
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124480$97,9800.48
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171120$127,9400.68
Nursing Assistants 31-1131510$37,4200.62
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501150$78,7300.69
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112250$100,8500.57
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,680$44,2201.21
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919950$52,3100.50
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073550$47,8302.05
Operations Research Analysts 15-203140Not available0.62
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205740$46,6901.04
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$61,3601.05
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305360$47,3803.05
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111150$34,8400.69
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064240$31,1300.77
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141240$47,3901.90
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011220$56,7000.99
Paramedics 29-204380$75,6801.41
Parts Salespersons 41-2022130$38,5300.86
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$50,8401.20
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205250$96,6600.36
Pest Control Workers 37-202180$47,2201.33
Pharmacists 29-1051140$139,6000.78
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052250$45,0300.95
Phlebotomists 31-909740$40,4900.53
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$74,6300.84
Physical Therapists 29-112370$99,6100.47
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$122,5200.62
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229100$195,8800.54
Pipelayers 47-215160$47,2602.98
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152260$52,1400.99
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051690$57,0901.82
Postal Service Clerks 43-505170$59,3201.78
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052280$55,7301.53
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011430$35,2001.59
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109270$55,7401.41
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199110$36,0800.81
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061100$49,9100.47
Project Management Specialists 13-1082420$86,1700.70
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202070$62,1402.10
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141230$63,8901.33
Psychiatric Technicians 29-205340$47,2300.49
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031100$63,6200.65
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031100$44,9901.76
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-203480$79,6100.64
Real Estate Brokers 41-9021180$45,2907.00
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$62,140
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171420$37,5500.81
Recreation Workers 39-9032190$32,9901.01
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081140$41,7801.63
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,060$79,9200.55
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101550$36,6300.94
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 43-418180$37,6801.16
Respiratory Therapists 29-112670$81,6200.84
Retail Salespersons 41-20313,140$34,5501.43
Roofers 47-2181170$47,9002.19
Sailors and Marine Oilers 53-501150$44,4402.83
Sales Managers 11-2022270$112,9100.76
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091610$62,1200.86
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012480$63,6800.68
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401160$52,1800.37
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909940$39,6600.78
School Bus Monitors 33-909450$38,2401.02
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031490$58,5700.81
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,080$44,7701.12
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031200$56,6600.72
Security Guards 33-9032510$37,0000.70
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-209850$58,0900.96
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021110$46,7000.58
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221140$50,5100.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071280$41,1800.61
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305390$35,8700.61
Social Workers, All Other 21-102940$52,8901.05
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915170$77,5700.60
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093290$43,7401.18
Software Developers 15-1252180$136,8500.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205250$55,1300.33
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205880$57,4100.90
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112750$100,9500.51
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,720$38,4501.08
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018170$56,0200.60
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031430$36,1401.44
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303150$47,6901.38
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102240$63,2001.29
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 43-201130$36,1201.60
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-3099110$66,0501.66
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045700$33,6600.88
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202280$70,5400.99
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$60,7500.77
Tellers 43-3071150$44,2000.81
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010130$43,3104.17
Traffic Technicians 53-604130$36,1407.83
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151170$60,1300.66
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071110$92,4600.85
Travel Agents 41-304150$45,2401.75
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 37-301350$49,0001.74
Tutors 25-304190$47,8000.92
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305140$82,8501.56
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 39-3031100$30,7301.43
Veterinarians 29-113150$129,5501.13
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909670$37,8101.03
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-2056160$44,6702.26
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30313,540$36,9002.77
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031180$53,1602.42
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511160$47,1901.94
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121150$51,4200.65
Writers and Authors (2 O*NET occupations) 27-304340$63,9001.54
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102370$52,5206.73