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title: "Average Salary in Gainesville, FL"
description: "Mean $59,690, median $47,020 in the Gainesville metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $59,690, median $47,020 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 152,670 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $48,610.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,750 |
| 25th | $35,730 |
| 50th | $47,020 |
| 75th | $69,940 |
| 90th | $98,720 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 96.7 |
| Housing (rents) | 93.0 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 88.2 |
| Other services | 98.9 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $215,720
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $190,610
- [Financial Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-advisor): $186,160
- [Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/judge): $179,360
- [Physician Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physician-assistant): $152,920
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $148,970
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $148,740
- [Industrial Production Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-production-manager): $137,320
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $137,300
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $132,680

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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