Orange County · Florida
Orlando, 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 Orlando, FL earn a median of $42,355 a year, 5% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.3% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 19.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $42,355#47 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 71.5%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 169,869Civilian employed, age 16+
What Orlando does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance19.3%
- Professional, scientific & management16%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food16%
- Retail trade11.6%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities8%
- Construction5.5%
- Manufacturing4.1%
- Other services, except public administration3.4%
- Public administration3.4%
- Wholesale trade2.4%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.4%
Related data for Orlando
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%.