Hillsborough County · Florida
Tampa, 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 Tampa, FL earn a median of $45,480 a year, 2% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.7% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 21.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $45,480#31 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 66.5%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 200,727Civilian employed, age 16+
What Tampa does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance21.2%
- Professional, scientific & management17.9%
- Finance, insurance & real estate11.7%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.9%
- Retail trade9.3%
- Construction7.3%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.9%
- Manufacturing4.8%
- Other services, except public administration4.3%
- Public administration3%
- Wholesale trade2.7%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.5%
Related data for Tampa
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%.