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title: "Average Salary in Lakeland, FL"
description: "Mean $57,070, median $46,140 in the Lakeland 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 Lakeland, FL

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $57,070, median $46,140 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 265,280 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $47,500.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,410 |
| 25th | $35,430 |
| 50th | $46,140 |
| 75th | $62,610 |
| 90th | $95,340 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 97.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 95.9 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 86.9 |
| Other services | 98.9 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $226,430
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $197,600
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $163,800
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $160,680
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $160,410
- [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager): $152,380
- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist): $151,280
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $150,990
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $149,260
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $144,910

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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