Miami-Dade County · Florida
Miami, FL jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Miami, FL earn a median of $38,075 a year, 15% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5% against 5.2% nationally, and professional, scientific & management is the largest employer at 16.7% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $38,075#73 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 66.7%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 240,964Civilian employed, age 16+
What Miami does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Professional, scientific & management16.7%
- Education, health care & social assistance16.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food12.2%
- Construction11.4%
- Retail trade9.8%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.7%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities7.5%
- Other services, except public administration6.1%
- Manufacturing3.6%
- Public administration2.6%
- Wholesale trade2.5%
- Information2%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Miami
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.