Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Florida

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Florida, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Florida are those of all other physicians, with an average annual salary of $233,970. The second highest-paying jobs are those of general internal medicine physician, with an average salary of $222,160.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Florida has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Florida in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Florida (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	All Other Physicians	$233,970	$99,410	23,170
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$222,160	$62,270	2,420
3	Other Specialists Dentists	$212,390	$52,530	460
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$207,770	$61,200	6,480
5	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$202,380	$65,000	810
6	Psychiatrists	$200,490	$53,540	2,600
7	General Pediatricians	$191,820	$121,680	1,180
8	Chief Executives	$184,430	$74,980	17,580
9	Nurse Anesthetists	$165,770	$122,320	3,990
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$163,620	$108,930	6,550
11	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$162,330	$146,070	1,510
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$147,960	$100,030	6,740
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$145,000	$93,690	22,800
14	General Dentists	$141,360	$70,410	7,360
15	Petroleum Engineers	$136,180	$67,200	60
16	Physicists	$135,570	$77,900	170
17	Marketing Managers	$132,560	$68,280	14,760
18	Financial Managers	$132,350	$73,250	35,970
19	Pharmacists	$130,670	$64,500	22,420
20	Air Traffic Controllers	$129,560	$79,960	1,930
21	Database Architects	$128,950	$74,000	1,770
22	Purchasing Managers	$128,560	$75,120	3,390
23	Medical Dosimetrists	$128,540	$101,020	290
24	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$128,330	$45,380	1,050
25	Actuaries	$127,090	$70,990	1,640
26	Commercial Pilots	$125,390	$52,880	6,410
27	Sales Managers	$124,660	$59,990	28,070
28	Athletes and Sports Competitors	$124,490	$38,060	1,650
29	Computer Hardware Engineers	$122,550	$66,910	2,270
30	Nuclear Engineers	$120,440	$81,100	170
31	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$115,290	$73,120	990
32	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$114,590	$79,180	3,100
33	Human Resources Managers	$113,710	$74,430	8,570
34	All Other Managers	$112,880	$60,130	21,950
35	Fundraising Managers	$112,200	$65,110	800
36	Computer Network Architects	$110,100	$64,690	7,500
37	Physician Assistants	$109,160	$42,980	8,480
38	Nurse Practitioners	$107,600	$63,880	18,530
39	Software Developers	$107,440	$61,150	73,090
40	Chemical Engineers	$106,900	$67,380	220
41	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$106,610	$102,010	620
42	Information Security Analysts	$106,440	$63,710	10,830
43	Nurse Midwives	$105,930	$63,120	500
44	Other Psychologists	$105,760	$49,250	800
45	Aerospace Engineers	$105,630	$77,340	4,580
46	Sales Engineers	$105,270	$48,780	2,160
47	Veterinarians	$104,870	$62,020	4,580
48	Lawyers	$104,350	$57,570	57,080
49	Optometrists	$103,910	$35,980	2,000
50	Mining and Geological Engineers	$103,670	$46,440	110
51	Industrial Production Managers	$103,520	$53,130	7,260
52	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$103,470	$53,120	850
53	Ship Engineers	$102,660	$72,570	980
54	Materials Scientists	$102,220	$68,870	150
55	Training and Development Managers	$102,160	$62,430	2,450
56	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$102,150	$77,290	5,030
57	Other Life Scientists	$101,900	$50,420	110
58	Medical and Health Services Managers	$101,700	$58,580	32,730
59	Public Relations Managers	$101,630	$60,210	3,150
60	Construction Managers	$100,660	$60,120	24,710
61	Data Scientists	$100,520	$52,900	8,190
62	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$98,840	$42,730	22,840
63	Administrative Services Managers	$98,790	$49,420	10,880
64	Genetic Counselors	$98,710	$51,440	150
65	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$98,580	$50,500	9,020
66	Electrical Engineers	$97,780	$61,850	6,940
67	Database Administrators	$97,770	$50,510	5,270
68	Podiatrists	$97,530	$30,970	790
69	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$97,450	$42,640	410
70	Industrial Engineers	$97,160	$62,540	12,550
71	Financial Risk Specialists	$96,820	$54,400	3,950
72	Other Physical Scientists	$95,220	$45,260	370
73	Political Scientists	$95,220	$38,460	40
74	Physical Therapists	$95,000	$59,300	14,970
75	Computer Systems Analysts	$94,810	$53,300	31,210
76	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$94,470	$60,390	8,310
77	Mathematicians	$94,140	$40,000	100
78	Gaming Managers	$94,120	$61,700	180
79	Biomedical Engineers	$93,560	$59,470	910
80	Engineers, All Other	$92,580	$49,110	8,710
81	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$92,080	$48,790	2,040
82	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$91,980	$48,240	540
83	Occupational Therapists	$91,970	$64,600	7,760
84	Civil Engineers	$90,710	$51,570	15,450
85	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$90,310	$76,040	340
86	General and Operations Managers	$89,230	$41,350	180,440
87	Computer Occupations, All Other	$88,150	$34,130	17,100
88	Facilities Managers	$87,880	$50,070	6,430
89	Computer Programmers	$87,430	$48,590	6,230
90	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$87,250	$53,670	480
91	Mechanical Engineers	$87,040	$58,260	7,910
92	Speech-Language Pathologists	$86,860	$55,010	7,420
93	Soil and Plant Scientists	$86,620	$39,850	490
94	Geographers	$86,070	$56,410	30
95	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$84,640	$52,200	20,900
96	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$84,600	$55,660	7,800
97	Epidemiologists	$84,190	$57,880	280
98	Economists	$84,120	$60,580	330
99	Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	$83,860	$29,990	1,050
100	Materials Engineers	$83,550	$56,840	640

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Florida – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$196,020
2	Other Specialists Dentists	$180,860
3	Psychiatrists	$176,920
4	Chief Executives	$173,940
5	Dermatologists	$169,040
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$164,860
7	Physicists	$142,480
8	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$132,400
9	General Dentists	$131,850
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$131,770

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Florida – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$193,550
2	Other Specialists Dentists	$187,890
3	Chief Executives	$182,900
4	Petroleum Engineers	$180,540
5	General Pediatricians	$163,680
6	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$162,330
7	Nurse Anesthetists	$158,620
8	General Dentists	$147,520
9	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$138,260
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$137,480

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Florida – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Psychiatrists	$206,650
2	Petroleum Engineers	$171,880
3	Chief Executives	$164,620
4	General Pediatricians	$155,690
5	General Dentists	$152,460
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$151,620
7	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$151,620
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$131,920
9	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$131,560
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,650

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