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Average Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters Salary in Florida

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters in Florida earn a median annual salary of $84,520, which is +43.0% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Florida (state).

$84,520
Florida median annual wage
$41/hour median
+43.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $59,110
90
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.25
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,960
25th
$68,410
Median
$84,520
75th
$137,130
90th
$150,620

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Florida, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
103.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$81,730
Goods: 98.1%
Services: 90.1%
Rents: 122.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$104,320Compare60
Tennessee$102,060Compare120
Connecticut$101,020CompareN/A
Maryland$93,550Compare770
California$87,110Compare180
Wyoming$86,740Compare30

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Florida

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$220,5001.10
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$220,3501.05
Physicists$209,0200.17
Nurse Anesthetists$197,9401.91
Pediatricians, General$195,1000.34
Acupuncturists$183,530N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$167,6800.57
Neurologists$165,860N/A

Florida has salary data for 791 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters in Florida

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters are projected to change by -0.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.