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Florida: cities in the highest-paying counties

Ranked from official statistics; every city opens its own guide.

In short: Florida: Miami has the highest average pay in its county ($77,609) among the 120 largest places.
Jacksonville (977,670 residents)Miami (459,745 residents)Tampa (401,618 residents)Orlando (319,758 residents)St. Petersburg (262,732 residents)Port St. Lucie (232,491 residents)Hialeah (226,165 residents)Cape Coral (215,536 residents)Tallahassee (201,875 residents)Fort Lauderdale (185,604 residents)Pembroke Pines (173,194 residents)Hollywood (155,082 residents)Gainesville (145,702 residents)Miramar (138,600 residents)Coral Springs (136,103 residents)Lehigh Acres (132,353 residents)Palm Bay (130,132 residents)West Palm Beach (122,290 residents)Spring Hill (119,983 residents)Lakeland (119,961 residents)Brandon (119,767 residents)Clearwater (117,247 residents)Pompano Beach (114,147 residents)Riverview (113,697 residents)Miami Gardens (113,177 residents)Davie (108,346 residents)Boca Raton (100,234 residents)Palm Coast (98,258 residents)Sunrise (97,918 residents)Deltona (97,334 residents)Plantation (96,293 residents)Fort Myers (95,051 residents)Alafaya (92,449 residents)Deerfield Beach (88,093 residents)Melbourne (86,576 residents)Town 'n' Country (85,928 residents)North Port (84,605 residents)The Villages (83,498 residents)Homestead (82,807 residents)Largo (82,617 residents)Miami Beach (82,031 residents)Kissimmee (81,479 residents)Boynton Beach (81,435 residents)Pine Hills (80,105 residents)Kendall (79,562 residents)Doral (79,216 residents)Daytona Beach (78,992 residents)Wesley Chapel (76,011 residents)Poinciana (75,068 residents)Lauderhill (74,896 residents)Tamarac (73,019 residents)Weston (68,837 residents)Delray Beach (67,979 residents)Horizon West (67,416 residents)Ocala (66,584 residents)Port Charlotte (66,133 residents)St. Cloud (65,130 residents)Four Corners (65,048 residents)Port Orange (64,767 residents)Sanford (63,730 residents)Wellington (62,146 residents)Jupiter (61,883 residents)Palm Harbor (61,512 residents)Palm Beach Gardens (60,959 residents)North Miami (60,344 residents)Margate (59,198 residents)The Hammocks (58,838 residents)Coconut Creek (58,330 residents)Apopka (58,232 residents)Bradenton (57,014 residents)Sarasota (56,970 residents)Bonita Springs (55,904 residents)Fountainebleau (55,665 residents)Winter Haven (55,200 residents)Pensacola (54,036 residents)Pinellas Park (53,560 residents)Kendale Lakes (52,622 residents)Westchester (52,032 residents)Country Club (51,296 residents)Coral Gables (49,802 residents)Tamiami (49,752 residents)Titusville (49,385 residents)Fort Pierce (49,082 residents)Ocoee (49,033 residents)University (48,127 residents)Winter Garden (47,872 residents)Clermont (46,853 residents)Altamonte Springs (46,116 residents)North Lauderdale (45,234 residents)Cutler Bay (45,070 residents)North Fort Myers (44,993 residents)Oakland Park (44,682 residents)Greenacres (44,373 residents)Ormond Beach (43,976 residents)Lakewood Ranch (43,945 residents)North Miami Beach (43,898 residents)Lake Worth Beach (43,365 residents)Meadow Woods (42,852 residents)Princeton (42,625 residents)University (41,902 residents)Hallandale Beach (41,854 residents)DeLand (41,611 residents)Plant City (40,887 residents)The Acreage (40,843 residents)Oviedo (40,599 residents)Royal Palm Beach (40,344 residents)Valrico (40,239 residents)Aventura (39,885 residents)Navarre (39,838 residents)Winter Springs (38,951 residents)Land O' Lakes (38,910 residents)South Miami Heights (38,766 residents)Riviera Beach (38,657 residents)Estero (37,858 residents)Parkland (37,178 residents)Carrollwood (36,725 residents)Lauderdale Lakes (36,404 residents)Dunedin (36,062 residents)Kendall West (35,912 residents)Fruit Cove (35,877 residents)
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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.

Miami#1
$77,609county average annual pay
120cities ranked

Ranking

CITY (120 largest of Florida) Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · BLS QCEW 2024 · Data: ACS 2020–2024; QCEW 2024

Among the 120 largest places in Florida, Miami has the highest average pay in its county ($77,609), followed by Hialeah and Miami Gardens. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.

What the ranking shows

Across the 120 places in Florida that we cover, the median is $71,492 and the average $68,268; the figure runs from $77,609 (Miami) to $50,301 (Palm Coast). That is a spread of 1.5 times between the two ends.

How to use it

The first five are Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, Homestead, Miami Beach. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.

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# ⇅City ⇅County ⇅County average annual pay ⇅Population ⇅Median household income ⇅Median rent ⇅
1MiamiMiami-Dade County$77,609459,745$62,462$1,758
2HialeahMiami-Dade County$77,609226,165$55,594$1,689
3Miami GardensMiami-Dade County$77,609113,177$63,627$1,787
4HomesteadMiami-Dade County$77,60982,807$65,423$1,674
5Miami BeachMiami-Dade County$77,60982,031$72,856$1,826
6Kendall (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60979,562$87,325$1,905
7DoralMiami-Dade County$77,60979,216$94,164$2,669
8North MiamiMiami-Dade County$77,60960,344$57,188$1,702
9The Hammocks (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60958,838$85,628$2,187
10Fountainebleau (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60955,665$64,908$2,094
11Kendale Lakes (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60952,622$71,621$1,968
12Westchester (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60952,032$72,262$1,819
13Country Club (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60951,296$75,212$1,899
14Coral GablesMiami-Dade County$77,60949,802$134,216$2,373
15Tamiami (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60949,752$78,353$1,939
16Cutler BayMiami-Dade County$77,60945,070$89,244$1,978
17North Miami BeachMiami-Dade County$77,60943,898$63,280$1,750
18Princeton (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60942,625$83,426$1,647
19AventuraMiami-Dade County$77,60939,885$89,274$2,513
20South Miami Heights (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60938,766$65,417$1,605
21Kendall West (unincorporated)Miami-Dade County$77,60935,912$69,554$1,808
22West Palm BeachPalm Beach County$77,246122,290$73,446$1,772
23Boca RatonPalm Beach County$77,246100,234$106,273$2,508
24Boynton BeachPalm Beach County$77,24681,435$70,074$2,041
25Delray BeachPalm Beach County$77,24667,979$82,041$1,961
26WellingtonPalm Beach County$77,24662,146$115,632$2,562
27JupiterPalm Beach County$77,24661,883$110,240$2,381
28Palm Beach GardensPalm Beach County$77,24660,959$106,947$2,417
29GreenacresPalm Beach County$77,24644,373$70,491$1,756
30Lake Worth BeachPalm Beach County$77,24643,365$61,200$1,545
31The Acreage (unincorporated)Palm Beach County$77,24640,843$109,032$1,710
32Royal Palm BeachPalm Beach County$77,24640,344$96,027$2,273
33Riviera BeachPalm Beach County$77,24638,657$68,060$1,702
34TampaHillsborough County$75,256401,618$75,475$1,701
35Brandon (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,256119,767$79,685$1,784
36Riverview (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,256113,697$100,438$2,002
37Town 'n' Country (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,25685,928$73,538$1,734
38University (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,25648,127$37,207$1,295
39Plant CityHillsborough County$75,25640,887$67,439$1,409
40Valrico (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,25640,239$104,839$1,937
41Carrollwood (unincorporated)Hillsborough County$75,25636,725$81,959$1,715
42JacksonvilleDuval County$71,652977,670$69,872$1,465
43Fort LauderdaleBroward County$71,492185,604$83,130$1,854
44Pembroke PinesBroward County$71,492173,194$85,104$2,046
45HollywoodBroward County$71,492155,082$67,203$1,653
46MiramarBroward County$71,492138,600$89,125$2,117
47Coral SpringsBroward County$71,492136,103$93,602$2,084
48Pompano BeachBroward County$71,492114,147$67,195$1,724
49DavieBroward County$71,492108,346$87,250$2,066
50SunriseBroward County$71,49297,918$77,652$2,140
51PlantationBroward County$71,49296,293$92,541$2,240
52Deerfield BeachBroward County$71,49288,093$59,730$1,774
53LauderhillBroward County$71,49274,896$51,165$1,684
54TamaracBroward County$71,49273,019$61,718$1,895
55WestonBroward County$71,49268,837$139,825$2,851
56MargateBroward County$71,49259,198$62,450$1,750
57Coconut CreekBroward County$71,49258,330$75,014$2,102
58North LauderdaleBroward County$71,49245,234$63,326$2,081
59Oakland ParkBroward County$71,49244,682$72,708$1,804
60Hallandale BeachBroward County$71,49241,854$52,340$1,653
61ParklandBroward County$71,49237,178$198,669$3,157
62Lauderdale LakesBroward County$71,49236,404$50,006$1,663
63Palm BayBrevard County$68,051130,132$72,614$1,601
64MelbourneBrevard County$68,05186,576$66,991$1,525
65TitusvilleBrevard County$68,05149,385$66,192$1,334
66OrlandoOrange County$67,805319,758$72,336$1,747
67Alafaya (unincorporated)Orange County$67,80592,449$100,950$1,999
68Pine Hills (unincorporated)Orange County$67,80580,105$58,673$1,542
69Horizon West (unincorporated)Orange County$67,80567,416$127,335$2,464
70ApopkaOrange County$67,80558,232$96,884$1,969
71OcoeeOrange County$67,80549,033$98,911$1,946
72Winter GardenOrange County$67,80547,872$106,495$1,963
73Meadow Woods (unincorporated)Orange County$67,80542,852$82,744$1,906
74University (unincorporated)Orange County$67,80541,902$59,852$1,445
75St. PetersburgPinellas County$67,519262,732$75,192$1,663
76ClearwaterPinellas County$67,519117,247$66,381$1,658
77LargoPinellas County$67,51982,617$62,096$1,618
78Palm Harbor (unincorporated)Pinellas County$67,51961,512$78,935$1,806
79Pinellas ParkPinellas County$67,51953,560$63,432$1,631
80DunedinPinellas County$67,51936,062$74,477$1,675
81SanfordSeminole County$65,44963,730$66,891$1,609
82Altamonte SpringsSeminole County$65,44946,116$64,070$1,740
83OviedoSeminole County$65,44940,599$117,070$1,955
84Winter SpringsSeminole County$65,44938,951$92,574$1,867
85North PortSarasota County$65,13384,605$84,049$1,894
86SarasotaSarasota County$65,13356,970$72,105$1,684
87GainesvilleAlachua County$63,829145,702$46,195$1,296
88TallahasseeLeon County$61,906201,875$57,409$1,293
89Cape CoralLee County$61,578215,536$78,104$1,858
90Lehigh Acres (unincorporated)Lee County$61,578132,353$66,890$1,657
91Fort MyersLee County$61,57895,051$63,732$1,580
92Bonita SpringsLee County$61,57855,904$95,210$1,882
93North Fort Myers (unincorporated)Lee County$61,57844,993$56,261$1,255
94EsteroLee County$61,57837,858$104,102$1,920
95BradentonManatee County$60,84457,014$60,822$1,618
96Lakewood Ranch (unincorporated)Manatee County$60,84443,945$122,925$2,299
97PensacolaEscambia County$60,26854,036$74,212$1,322
98Fruit Cove (unincorporated)Saint Johns County$60,00835,877$141,863$2,336
99The Villages (unincorporated)Sumter County$57,85683,498$77,622$1,397
100Wesley Chapel (unincorporated)Pasco County$55,90876,011$107,504$2,100
101Land O' Lakes (unincorporated)Pasco County$55,90838,910$98,568$2,045
102LakelandPolk County$55,697119,961$64,185$1,395
103Poinciana (unincorporated)Polk County$55,69775,068$68,015$1,965
104Winter HavenPolk County$55,69755,200$59,648$1,246
105DeltonaVolusia County$54,11497,334$76,924$1,711
106Daytona BeachVolusia County$54,11478,992$52,058$1,328
107Port OrangeVolusia County$54,11464,767$74,426$1,634
108Ormond BeachVolusia County$54,11443,976$69,177$1,411
109DeLandVolusia County$54,11441,611$71,863$1,355
110Port Charlotte (unincorporated)Charlotte County$54,08266,133$63,844$1,553
111Port St. LucieSaint Lucie County$53,238232,491$80,648$1,937
112Fort PierceSaint Lucie County$53,23849,082$47,072$1,217
113ClermontLake County$53,10646,853$82,306$1,828
114OcalaMarion County$52,52666,584$56,376$1,359
115KissimmeeOsceola County$52,52581,479$53,758$1,647
116St. CloudOsceola County$52,52565,130$83,174$1,683
117Four Corners (unincorporated)Osceola County$52,52565,048$72,879$1,847
118Navarre (unincorporated)Santa Rosa County$51,21739,838$105,265$1,966
119Spring Hill (unincorporated)Hernando County$50,502119,983$68,432$1,440
120Palm CoastFlagler County$50,30198,258$77,350$1,782

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FAQ

Which Florida city has the highest average pay in its county?

Miami, with $77,609 (among the 120 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).

How many cities are ranked?

The 120 largest places in Florida by population.

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