Jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area has 993 open job postings from 267 employers in our data. 19.3% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $115,000 a year, 4.7% are remote and 33.1% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $115,000 posted salary in the Tampa area buys about what $114,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 1% above the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($49,000) is worth $48,500 in average-US dollars, 86th of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 26% above the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
33.1% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 30 days), 26th highest of 99 metro areas.
19.3% of open job postings list a pay range, 63rd of 99 metro areas.
Tampa compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
993open postings from 267 employers
19.3%list a pay range
$115,000median posted pay (middle half: $75,000 to $157,000)
4.7%remote
4.7%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$49,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
12.8%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.7% in 2026-08 (4.3% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Florida, employers had 404,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.9% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 7.3% above its February 2020 level and 1.1% lower than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Tampa, FL
742
227
20.6%
$126,500
Clearwater, FL
109
32
12.2%
–
St Petersburg, FL
65
30
19.5%
–
Largo, FL
15
8
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
82 federal job announcements open to the public list Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $103,000. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (29), Federal Aviation Administration (17), National Credit Union Administration (5), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (4), U.S. Army Reserve Command (3). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area run 1% above the national average, and housing runs 26% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $49,000, which is worth $48,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $115,000 is worth $114,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
