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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Occupational Health And Safety Specialists Salary in Gainesville, FL

Occupational Health And Safety Specialists in Gainesville, FL earn a median annual salary of $73,090, which is -12.9% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Gainesville, FL (metro area).

$73,090
Gainesville, FL median annual wage
$35/hour median
-12.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $83,910
80
Local employment
0.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.66
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$43,430
25th
$57,780
Median
$73,090
75th
$97,490
90th
$122,370

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 Gainesville, FL, 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
96.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$75,558
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 88.2%
Rents: 93.0%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

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 Gainesville, FL

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$198,020N/A
Chief Executives$169,5301.14
Dentists, General$165,1101.22
Architectural And Engineering Managers$135,1800.36
Pharmacists$134,0701.42
Computer And Information Systems Managers$132,6000.49
Physician Assistants$130,5101.78
Financial Managers$125,8000.58

Gainesville, FL has salary data for 359 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Occupational Health And Safety Specialists in Gainesville, FL

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Occupational Health And Safety Specialists are projected to change by +12.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,900 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.