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Chief Executive Salary in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of chief executives in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$45,550
25th Percentile Wage
$95,070
50th Percentile Wage
$175,480
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $175,480. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $95,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,550.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$175,480
4.44% -6.62%
2018
$167,680
-2.00% -
2017
$171,040
-21.30% -
2016
$207,470
9.82% -
2012
$187,090
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater with Other Florida Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $175,480 in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is in the middle of salary range for chief executives in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of chief executives in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is 14.0 percent (14.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach and 49.3 percent (49.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
$203,930
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
$197,650
Lakeland-Winter Haven
$184,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
$176,690
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
$176,560
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
$175,480
Jacksonville
$171,900
The Villages
$170,090
Punta Gorda
$157,170
Tallahassee
$152,100
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
$150,960
Homosassa Springs
$136,790
Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area
$135,380
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
$134,160
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
$133,970
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
$133,140
South Florida nonmetropolitan area
$128,390
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
$122,370
Port St Lucie
$119,410
North Florida nonmetropolitan area
$117,110
Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area
$110,400
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
$105,760
Gainesville
$103,830
Naples-Marco Island
$103,250
Sebastian-Vero Beach
$94,770
Sebring
$93,150
Ocala
$91,150
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
$89,020

See also: Top paying jobs in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.