TAMPA, Fla. (STACKER) — Stacker collected information on the highest-paying jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2019.

In Tampa, the annual mean wage is $49,590 or 7.3% lower than national mean of $53,490, while the highest-paying occupation makes $283,660. Read on to see which jobs make the list.

50. Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $92,970
• No. 16 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 60

National

• Annual mean salary: $88,970
• Employment: 23,490
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($155,290)
  • San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($134,000)

49. Postmasters and mail superintendents

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $94,520
• No. 1 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 40

National

• Annual mean salary: $78,220
• Employment: 13,850
• Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($94,520)
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($93,610)

48. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $94,690
• No. 27 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 360

National

• Annual mean salary: $108,350
• Employment: 29,200
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Tulsa, OK ($207,900)
  • Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($170,220)

47. Electronics engineers, except computer

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $94,710
• No. 111 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 650

National

• Annual mean salary: $110,210
• Employment: 128,800
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,660)
  • Santa Rosa, CA ($132,600)

46. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $95,060
• No. 43 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 50

National

• Annual mean salary: $98,700
• Employment: 53,090
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($143,420)
  • Salt Lake City, UT ($142,610)

45. Advertising and promotions managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $96,310
• No. 49 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 210

National

• Annual mean salary: $141,890
• Employment: 25,100
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Boulder, CO ($200,420)
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,040)

44. Radiation therapists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $97,170
• No. 19 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $91,620
• Employment: 17,860
• Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($142,300)
  • San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($126,260)

43. Personal financial advisors

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $97,690
• No. 147 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 2,590

National

• Annual mean salary: $119,290
• Employment: 210,190
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Montgomery, AL ($178,100)
  • Santa Fe, NM ($173,970)

42. Nurse practitioners

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $99,420
• No. 299 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,800

National

• Annual mean salary: $111,840
• Employment: 200,600
• Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($175,060)
  • Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($160,110)

41. Electrical engineers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $99,910
• No. 94 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 670

National

• Annual mean salary: $103,480
• Employment: 185,570
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($138,450)
  • Salinas, CA ($129,850)

40. Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $99,920
• No. 107 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 13,740

National

• Annual mean salary: $111,620
• Employment: 1,406,870
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($145,730)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($145,250)

39. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $101,120
• No. 20 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 30

National

• Annual mean salary: $92,650
• Employment: 21,380
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($137,130)
  • College Station-Bryan, TX ($135,530)

38. Training and development managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $102,460
• No. 84 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 350

National

• Annual mean salary: $123,470
• Employment: 38,510
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($168,900)
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($167,850)

37. Construction managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $102,600
• No. 112 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 3,040

National

• Annual mean salary: $105,000
• Employment: 293,380
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ ($160,500)
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($148,140)

36. Industrial production managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $103,260
• No. 249 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,140

National

• Annual mean salary: $115,110
• Employment: 185,790
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Florence, SC ($158,000)
  • Boulder, CO ($149,990)

35. Computer hardware engineers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $103,340
• No. 60 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 150

National

• Annual mean salary: $123,030
• Employment: 67,880
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($161,210)
  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($149,740)

34. Engineering teachers, postsecondary

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $103,440
• No. 24 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 110

National

• Annual mean salary: $112,110
• Employment: 36,080
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • College Station-Bryan, TX ($160,730)
  • Pittsburgh, PA ($143,600)

33. Computer and information research scientists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $104,520
• No. 48 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 90

National

• Annual mean salary: $127,460
• Employment: 30,780
• Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($171,160)
  • Boulder, CO ($147,890)

32. Purchasing managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $105,510
• No. 152 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 580

National

• Annual mean salary: $128,400
• Employment: 72,100
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($171,560)
  • Morgantown, WV ($163,830)

31. Surgeons, except ophthalmologists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $105,920
• No. 85 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $252,040
• Employment: 36,270
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Wausau, WI ($285,230)
  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI ($285,210)

30. Physician assistants

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $106,950
• – #185 highest pay among all metros
• – Employment: 920

National

• Annual mean salary: $112,410
• Employment: 120,090
• Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Salinas, CA ($161,370)
  • Leominster-Gardner, MA ($156,250)

29. Atmospheric and space scientists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $107,990
• No. 7 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 40

National

• Annual mean salary: $97,160
• Employment: 9,290
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($135,520)
  • Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC ($120,170)

28. Compensation and benefits managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $109,890
• No. 58 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 190

National

• Annual mean salary: $134,210
• Employment: 16,900
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($181,770)
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($179,430)

27. Medical and health services managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $111,110
• No. 132 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 3,590

National

• Annual mean salary: $115,160
• Employment: 394,910
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($163,280)
  • Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($159,190)

26. Computer network architects

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $111,520
• No. 56 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,750

National

• Annual mean salary: $115,110
• Employment: 152,420
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($152,400)
  • Dover-Durham, NH-ME ($151,650)

25. General and operations managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $111,670
• No. 145 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 23,110

National

• Annual mean salary: $123,030
• Employment: 2,400,280
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($189,060)
  • Trenton, NJ ($173,050)

24. Lawyers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $112,390
• No. 168 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 7,690

National

• Annual mean salary: $145,300
• Employment: 657,170
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($218,420)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,910)

23. Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $117,360
• No. 12 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 110

National

• Annual mean salary: $100,230
• Employment: 14,380
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($140,080)
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($134,690)

22. Human resources managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $119,760
• No. 105 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,190

National

• Annual mean salary: $129,570
• Employment: 154,800
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($196,900)
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($174,390)

21. Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $121,850
• No. 11 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 50

National

• Annual mean salary: $102,690
• Employment: 11,020
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($147,800)
  • Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($146,430)

20. Actuaries

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $122,040
• No. 16 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 120

National

• Annual mean salary: $120,970
• Employment: 22,260
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($167,850)
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ($150,630)

19. Pharmacists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $123,440
• No. 227 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 3,700

National

• Annual mean salary: $125,510
• Employment: 311,200
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Tyler, TX ($161,790)
  • Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($158,250)

18. Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $125,940
• No. 2 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 50

National

• Annual mean salary: $96,990
• Employment: 6,280
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($132,720)
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($125,940)

17. Economists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $130,600
• No. 5 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 60

National

• Annual mean salary: $116,630
• Employment: 19,000
• Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($154,540)
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)

16. Sales engineers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $131,330
• No. 14 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 660

National

• Annual mean salary: $112,780
• Employment: 63,550
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($158,150)
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($156,600)

15. Architectural and engineering managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $131,920
• No. 177 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,220

National

• Annual mean salary: $152,930
• Employment: 194,250
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($203,310)
  • Amarillo, TX ($198,010)

14. Marketing managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $135,090
• No. 91 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,990

National

• Annual mean salary: $149,200
• Employment: 263,680
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($199,710)
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($188,810)

13. Sales managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $137,990
• No. 97 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 3,900

National

• Annual mean salary: $141,690
• Employment: 402,600
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($195,220)
  • Trenton, NJ ($178,020)

12. Nurse anesthetists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $140,270
• No. 102 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $181,040
• Employment: 43,570
• Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Toledo, OH ($266,260)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($254,860)

11. Financial managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $140,580
• No. 71 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 5,730

National

• Annual mean salary: $147,530
• Employment: 654,790
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($208,770)
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($203,430)

10. Computer and information systems managers

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $143,770
• No. 57 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 4,050

National

• Annual mean salary: $156,390
• Employment: 433,960
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($215,090)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($201,960)

9. Pediatricians, general

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $166,660
• No. 67 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 50

National

• Annual mean salary: $184,410
• Employment: 29,740
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Rockford, IL ($277,390)
  • Killeen-Temple, TX ($273,770)

8. Dentists, general

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $176,250
• No. 163 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,400

National

• Annual mean salary: $178,260
• Employment: 110,730
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Burlington, NC ($278,360)
  • Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($275,430)

7. Podiatrists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $181,910
• No. 5 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 120

National

• Annual mean salary: $142,680
• Employment: 9,770
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ($222,760)
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI ($206,190)

6. General internal medicine physicians

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $182,810
• No. 87 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 40

National

• Annual mean salary: $201,440
• Employment: 44,610
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Sioux Falls, SD ($282,610)
  • Rapid City, SD ($280,990)

5. Chief executives

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $187,910
• No. 145 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $193,850
• Employment: 205,890
• Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($270,040)
  • Sioux Falls, SD ($264,330)

4. Family medicine physicians

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $229,420
• No. 103 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 1,520

National

• Annual mean salary: $213,270
• Employment: 109,370
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Racine, WI ($286,030)
  • Jacksonville, NC ($282,580)

3. Obstetricians and gynecologists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $258,670
• No. 17 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $233,610
• Employment: 18,620
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Fayetteville, NC ($284,520)
  • Akron, OH ($282,650)

2. Psychiatrists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $261,420
• No. 19 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: 70

National

• Annual mean salary: $220,430
• Employment: 25,530
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($282,400)
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($280,270)

1. Anesthesiologists

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Annual mean salary: $283,660
• No. 1 highest pay among all metros
• Employment: data not available

National

• Annual mean salary: $261,730
• Employment: 31,010
• Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
• Metros with highest average pay:
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($283,660)
  • Tulsa, OK ($281,080)
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($276,350)