Punta Gorda, FL

207 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 39460.

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

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	2,720
Waiters and Waitresses	1,780
Cashiers	1,640
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,570
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,430
General and Operations Managers	1,380
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,300
Office Clerks, General	1,270
Cooks, Restaurant	990
Nursing Assistants	880
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	840
Customer Service Representatives	820
Construction Laborers	810
Food Preparation Workers	760
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	700
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	680
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	670
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	660
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	640
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	640

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.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Pest Control Workers	5.36	200
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	3.10	150
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.92	410
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	2.76	160
Real Estate Sales Agents	2.63	190
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	2.50	190
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	2.49	210
Food Preparation Workers	2.30	760
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.25	120
Chefs and Head Cooks	2.19	160
Waiters and Waitresses	2.12	1,780
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	2.09	140
Butchers and Meat Cutters	2.09	110
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	2.01	520
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2.01	110
Construction Laborers	1.99	810
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1.96	700
Medical Assistants	1.92	580
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1.92	680
Cooks, Restaurant	1.89	990

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$232,880
Dentists, General	$171,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$168,730
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$160,830
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$151,230
Pharmacists	$134,840
Software Developers	$134,510
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$127,820
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,280
Nurse Practitioners	$125,460
Human Resources Managers	$125,330
Marketing Managers	$120,400
Veterinarians	$118,600
Sales Managers	$112,360
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$112,240
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,070
Lawyers	$101,990
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	$101,830
Physical Therapists	$101,030
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,430

All 207 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	400	$74,800	0.75
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$74,260	0.84
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	60	Not available	1.15
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	240	$28,310	1.66
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	160	$31,200	1.64
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$64,200	0.85
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$46,820	1.38
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	520	$46,190	2.01
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$34,260	1.30
Bakers `51-3011`	100	$38,940	1.10
Bartenders `35-3011`	480	$35,690	1.70
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	180	$44,850	1.23
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	520	$47,860	1.03
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$61,100	0.67
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	170	$77,380	0.41
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	110	$44,060	2.09
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$53,130	0.55
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	50	$49,090	1.68
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	40	$83,200	1.62
Carpenters `47-2031`	340	$48,530	1.38
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,640	$30,770	1.44
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	190	$47,150	2.50
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	160	$54,340	2.19
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	140	$151,230	1.86
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	90	$55,600	0.62
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	120	$34,730	0.63
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	30	$58,660	1.28
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	110	$99,230	0.83
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	160	$35,280	1.16
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	210	$60,570	1.67
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$45,500	0.53
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$50,700	0.77
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	160	$101,830	0.84
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	150	$58,910	0.56
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$168,730	0.34
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	810	$45,520	1.99
Construction Managers `11-9021`	210	$98,580	1.47
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	120	$60,510	2.25
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	140	$37,200	0.88
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	990	$36,730	1.89
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	410	$47,130	2.92
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$74,380	0.82
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	180	$37,650	1.19
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$34,190	1.26
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$44,040	1.45
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	820	$38,630	0.85
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$39,350	0.76
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	200	$51,020	1.40
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$94,740	0.87
Dentists, General `29-1021`	70	$171,220	1.47
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$82,810	1.15
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	360	$32,740	1.78
Dishwashers `35-9021`	330	$30,100	1.88
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$44,510	0.97
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	120	$34,270	0.79
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$57,860	0.92
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$59,100	1.29
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$62,800	0.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$38,800	0.74
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$89,040	0.64
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	90	$232,880	2.25
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,570	$29,100	1.10
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	170	$127,280	0.53
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$78,270	0.40
Firefighters `33-2011`	Not available	$46,170
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	450	$65,880	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$73,910	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	660	$45,710	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$50,730	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	90	$49,800	1.91
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	310	$65,560	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	80	$85,700	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	440	$62,290	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$46,760	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	160	$79,040	2.76
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	100	$60,460	0.39
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	640	$48,140	1.53
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	180	$60,030	0.78
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	760	$36,310	2.30
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	140	$74,670	1.54
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,380	$89,820	1.07
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$52,580	0.48
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	200	$29,160	1.77
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$44,040	1.19
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$68,140	0.72
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	290	$57,090	1.89
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	570	$46,780	0.74
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	60	$43,580	2.66
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$38,760	1.52
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$36,670	0.94
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	550	$34,500	0.34
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	300	$29,170	1.85
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$34,280	1.87
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$125,330	0.41
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	240	$61,700	0.72
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	30	$52,480	0.21
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$40,460	0.23
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	40	$48,020	0.74
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	30	$54,350	0.14
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	140	$43,140	2.09
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$75,980	0.79
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	260	$54,880	1.46
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$40,460	1.08
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	620	$35,530	0.76
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	840	$38,300	0.77
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	680	$36,750	1.92
Lawyers `23-1011`	190	$101,990	0.68
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	40	$60,010	2.12
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$37,100	1.44
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	420	$60,380	1.77
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	380	$45,580	1.03
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$71,920	0.55
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	40	$70,200	2.44
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	410	$31,890	1.29
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	670	$44,430	1.19
Management Analysts `13-1111`	200	$99,010	0.59
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	110	$85,050	0.49
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	40	$40,990	0.79
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	190	$63,450	0.57
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	70	$120,400	0.47
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	60	$56,800	1.56
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	Not available	$92,220
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	580	$44,830	1.92
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	130	$41,520	1.85
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	700	$39,990	1.96
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	30	$31,200	2.07
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$106,070	1.19
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$56,920	0.73
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	60	$50,730	7.56
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$78,160	0.64
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	170	$125,460	1.41
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	880	$36,700	1.63
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$60,850	0.68
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$100,430	1.32
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	40	$72,800	1.88
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,270	$44,720	1.39
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	70	$50,510	0.92
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	200	$48,860	1.10
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	60	$60,360	2.14
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics `49-3053`	40	$45,270	3.01
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	260	$27,760	1.24
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	210	$47,390	2.49
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	130	$48,910	0.87
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$37,540	1.42
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$50,520	0.87
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$97,270	0.53
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	200	$44,470	5.36
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	30	$44,790	3.45
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$134,840	0.88
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	210	$43,950	1.22
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	90	$66,820	2.25
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	160	$101,030	1.62
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$127,820	1.08
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	150	$160,830	1.16
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	260	$55,490	1.49
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$69,700	0.94
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$64,670	1.17
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	200	$57,700	1.64
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$35,340	0.72
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$43,590	0.60
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$49,010	0.47
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	290	$79,890	0.73
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	50	$60,110	2.23
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	150	$60,960	1.28
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	40	$44,770	0.74
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$55,290	0.49
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$53,180	1.44
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	150	$71,050	1.73
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	190	$40,270	2.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	550	$37,130	1.62
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	120	$35,330	0.95
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	110	$46,280	2.01
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,430	$80,410	1.14
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,720	$34,290	1.89
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$112,360	0.67
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	510	$54,000	1.10
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	390	$59,990	0.85
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	640	$43,670	1.02
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	210	$60,120	1.17
Security Guards `33-9032`	220	$36,100	0.47
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	50	$54,480	1.59
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$39,760	0.57
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$35,770	0.90
Skincare Specialists `39-5094`	30	$43,480	1.22
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$77,260	0.60
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$45,350	0.82
Software Developers `15-1252`	280	$134,510	0.45
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	30	$112,240	0.48
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$100,020	0.78
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,300	$38,970	1.24
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	180	$60,880	1.02
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	50	$62,450	1.06
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	60	$50,300	2.27
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	370	$34,540	0.70
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$62,250	1.09
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$46,160	0.86
Tile and Stone Setters `47-2044`	50	$46,560	3.70
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$34,470	1.59
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$57,700	0.61
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$77,680	0.63
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	40	$57,680	2.40
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$118,600	1.30
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$37,390	1.39
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	80	$45,250	1.63
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,780	$36,360	2.12
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	150	$53,600	3.10
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$48,040	0.36