Top 100 highest-paying jobs in North Florida nonmetropolitan area

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in North Florida nonmetropolitan area, 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 North Florida nonmetropolitan area are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average annual salary of $177,840. The second highest-paying jobs are those of marketing manager, with an average salary of $156,730.

All of the shown salary and employment information for North Florida nonmetropolitan area 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 North Florida nonmetropolitan area in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$177,840	$150,600	50
2	Marketing Managers	$156,730	$86,600	60
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$155,500	$100,000	80
4	General Dentists	$146,240	$99,930	60
5	Commercial Pilots	$134,230	$53,980	50
6	Pharmacists	$130,010	$74,640	300
7	Chief Executives	$128,130	$30,050	210
8	Veterinarians	$108,240	$79,760	60
9	Sales Managers	$105,060	$50,430	150
10	Software Developers	$104,190	$60,150	170
11	Nurse Practitioners	$103,440	$79,180	180
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$101,950	$70,800	70
13	Industrial Production Managers	$101,750	$62,150	120
14	Electrical Engineers	$101,580	$68,460	50
15	Physical Therapists	$97,560	$77,590	170
16	Financial Managers	$95,680	$54,330	220
17	Construction Managers	$94,550	$43,750	270
18	Facilities Managers	$91,430	$48,800	60
19	Occupational Therapists	$91,160	$69,670	100
20	Human Resources Managers	$89,980	$51,480	50
21	Medical and Health Services Managers	$87,680	$51,630	390
22	Computer Network Support Specialists	$87,450	$43,800	100
23	Environmental Engineers	$84,260	$62,900	50
24	Industrial Engineers	$84,040	$38,650	130
25	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$83,600	$52,920	110
26	Mechanical Engineers	$83,490	$49,300	60
27	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$81,990	$75,250	50
28	Natural Sciences Managers	$81,410	$49,840	70
29	Civil Engineers	$81,210	$49,560	170
30	Lawyers	$80,930	$53,040	300
31	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$80,900	$62,020	50
32	All Other Managers	$80,490	$52,220	200
33	Project Management Specialists	$80,420	$33,360	420
34	Speech-Language Pathologists	$80,170	$50,420	100
35	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$80,160	$61,510	430
36	Dental Hygienists	$78,500	$58,550	150
37	Administrative Services Managers	$78,240	$48,180	100
38	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$76,300	$44,210	170
39	Postsecondary Nursing Instructors and Teachers	$75,850	$48,910	80
40	Funeral Home Managers	$75,520	$49,610	40
41	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$75,030	$43,850	40
42	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$74,690	$46,400	110
43	Registered Nurses	$74,370	$50,320	2,000
44	Dietitians and Nutritionists	$73,740	$50,440	50
45	General and Operations Managers	$73,220	$36,640	1,970
46	Computer Occupations, All Other	$72,870	$39,670	80
47	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$72,820	$38,670	40
48	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$71,510	$49,800	120
49	Occupational Therapy Assistants	$70,790	$56,560	50
50	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$66,330	$50,250	200
51	Millwrights	$66,320	$49,400	150
52	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$65,380	$55,310	30
53	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$64,670	$41,690	420
54	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$64,490	$33,280	80
55	Radiologic Technologists	$64,380	$41,070	110
56	Computer Systems Analysts	$63,960	$41,000	120
57	Construction and Building Inspectors	$62,980	$40,530	100
58	Physical Therapist Assistants	$62,460	$35,210	130
59	Accountants and Auditors	$62,220	$38,210	660
60	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$61,980	$40,240	820
61	Foresters	$61,320	$37,380	60
62	Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers	$61,090	$46,700	50
63	Family Medicine Physicians	$60,870	$60,870	100
64	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$60,720	$40,270	110
65	Social and Community Service Managers	$60,490	$37,900	160
66	Cost Estimators	$60,370	$31,200	190
67	Respiratory Therapists	$60,340	$46,580	70
68	Other Business Operations Specialists	$60,170	$32,540	430
69	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$59,920	$46,490	970
70	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$59,620	$37,380	70
71	Engineers, All Other	$59,610	$44,490	370
72	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$59,320	$38,490	120
73	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$58,510	$37,540	80
74	Instructional Coordinators	$58,020	$35,010	160
75	Urban and Regional Planners	$57,680	$36,880	50
76	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$57,680	$32,390	470
77	Database Administrators	$57,400	$44,760	40
78	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$57,230	$42,730	180
79	Postal Service Clerks	$57,220	$39,770	140
80	Healthcare Social Workers	$57,120	$35,660	120
81	Chefs and Head Cooks	$56,720	$35,420	100
82	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$56,510	$38,450	250
83	Management Analysts	$56,010	$37,960	360
84	Crane and Tower Operators	$55,980	$29,880	40
85	All Other Special Education Teachers	$55,840	$33,670	60
86	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$55,630	$31,360	300
87	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	$54,840	$29,420	720
88	Lodging Managers	$54,770	$33,920	60
89	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$54,620	$31,220	550
90	Other Education Administrators	$54,360	$45,320	30
91	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$53,910	$39,620	90
92	Logisticians	$53,770	$30,160	100
93	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$53,260	$37,440	150
94	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$52,630	$35,200	960
95	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$52,450	$35,600	150
96	Budget Analysts	$52,210	$29,930	30
97	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$52,070	$34,480	410
98	Human Resources Specialists	$52,000	$34,340	460
99	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$51,700	$37,060	430
100	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$51,620	$33,370	170

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

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$168,420
2	Pharmacists	$127,980
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$118,460
4	Marketing Managers	$116,990
5	Software Developers	$102,350
6	Chief Executives	$102,010
7	Veterinarians	$100,920
8	Foresters	$100,190
9	Nurse Practitioners	$99,790
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$99,200

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

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$205,780
2	General Dentists	$150,670
3	Pharmacists	$123,000
4	Chief Executives	$118,870
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$112,990
6	Nurse Practitioners	$95,900
7	Sales Managers	$92,370
8	Industrial Production Managers	$92,320
9	Medical and Health Services Managers	$90,470
10	Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$90,440

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

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$183,310
2	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$142,760
3	Pharmacists	$118,230
4	Chief Executives	$117,110
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$112,740
6	Nurse Practitioners	$98,480
7	Electrical Engineers	$97,740
8	Sales Managers	$94,920
9	Industrial Production Managers	$93,760
10	Marketing Managers	$90,410

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