Salary and cost of living across Florida
This page covers 11 Florida counties and 20 occupations with published wages. Across all of them the median of the median salaries is $38,580 a year. Each county links to its own list of jobs, with take-home pay and cost-of-living math for every one.
Housing is the biggest difference between places: a one-bedroom Fair Market Rent runs from $1,648 a month in Hillsborough County, FL to $2,121 in Miami-Dade County, FL. Among counties with at least 20 listed occupations, Miami-Dade County, FL has the highest median-of-medians pay at $39,070. Broward County, FL has the largest share of occupations (75%) whose take-home pay covers rent, food, energy and gasoline.