These Are The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Port St. Lucie, FL For 2018

Ever wonder who gets paid the most? Or how much your dentist makes for all the pain they put you through?

We had that same burning desire to know more about the highest paid professions in the Port St. Lucie area. And if you can’t tell by that sentence, we’re a bit of what you’d call data nerds.

We decided to go directly to the source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After scrounging through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we discovered that Dentists, General are the highest paid people in Port St. Lucie.

Here’s a quick look at the top ten highest paying jobs in Port St. Lucie:

Everyone’s favorite, dentists, place number 1 on the list of highest paid professions in Port St. Lucie. So the next time you sit there while they drill you can dwell on the fact that they are getting extremely well paid for it.

If you’re interested, you can read more about the Port St. Lucie and Florida job scene here:

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Port St. Lucie For 2018

We looked at the BLS’s data set for all 328 job classifications in Port St. Lucie in order to identify those that get paid the most.

Pretty straightforward and easy to do when the government does your job for you 🙂

We used the most recently released BLS data for this analysis which came out on March 30, 2018.

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Detailed List Of Highest Paying Jobs In Port St. Lucie

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Dentists, General	$258,250	$143,470	210
2	Family and General Practitioners	$243,340	$105,170	170
3	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$232,610	$159,050	450
4	Chief Executives	$158,530	$79,940	190
5	Personal Financial Advisors	$133,300	$63,620	140
6	General and Operations Managers	$129,020	$53,730	1,020
7	Sales Managers	$125,340	$56,370	120
8	Financial Managers	$121,040	$72,940	240
9	Industrial Production Managers	$120,880	$75,450	80
10	Marketing Managers	$119,120	$61,740	40
11	Pharmacists	$116,970	$101,020	340
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$114,680	$67,380	80
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$114,240	$84,640	80
14	Medical and Health Services Managers	$113,260	$61,840	270
15	Optometrists	$113,210	$54,210	60
16	Nurse Practitioners	$110,580	$71,290	190
17	Occupational Therapists	$103,820	$67,410	170
18	Computer Systems Analysts	$100,700	$52,260	130
19	Administrative Services Managers	$100,170	$57,150	100
20	Physician Assistants	$99,220	$73,880	60
21	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	$96,260	$67,440	90
22	Veterinarians	$94,420	$65,330	110
23	Human Resources Managers	$94,260	$40,250	40
24	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$92,060	$37,430	310
25	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$91,850	$65,570	60
26	Construction Managers	$91,590	$54,390	250
27	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$91,540	$69,070	130
28	Physical Therapists	$89,570	$49,980	330
29	Management Analysts	$87,070	$35,050	380
30	Insurance Sales Agents	$85,420	$34,220	240
31	Speech-Language Pathologists	$83,860	$53,210	200
32	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$80,440	$41,610	70
33	Civil Engineers	$79,840	$51,430	120
34	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$79,030	$59,660	60
35	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$77,890	$32,470	250
36	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$77,340	$41,900	40
37	Athletes and Sports Competitors	$76,770	$18,570	40
38	Computer Network Architects	$75,850	$42,040	200
39	Social and Community Service Managers	$75,640	$47,680	90
40	Software Developers, Applications	$75,390	$43,850	150
41	Lawyers	$73,920	$43,590	540
42	Software Developers, Systems Software	$73,520	$39,800	40
43	Environmental Engineers	$72,750	$43,710	30
44	Financial Analysts	$70,770	$41,550	60
45	Industrial Engineers	$69,800	$43,090	160
46	Food Service Managers	$69,250	$38,940	180
47	Dental Hygienists	$69,230	$61,130	200
48	Managers, All Other	$68,410	$31,330	130
49	Physical Therapist Assistants	$67,830	$47,080	160
50	Loan Officers	$67,390	$33,520	260
51	Editors	$65,730	$41,590	30
52	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$65,730	$46,040	200
53	Occupational Therapy Assistants	$65,430	$47,710	80
54	Special Education Teachers, All Other	$65,300	$50,020	220
55	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$64,750	$45,170	90
56	Therapists, All Other	$64,450	$48,140	70
57	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,380	$21,080	1,360
58	Database Administrators	$63,840	$36,320	50
59	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$63,840	$50,660	50
60	Accountants and Auditors	$63,760	$36,040	1,200
61	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$63,190	$34,910	110
62	Firefighters	$63,150	$34,010	490
63	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	$62,410	$46,140	170
64	Compliance Officers	$61,530	$33,910	180
65	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$61,320	$36,170	230
66	Librarians	$60,740	$40,770	80
67	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$60,210	$34,100	30
68	Financial Specialists, All Other	$60,100	$42,680	40
69	Respiratory Therapists	$59,630	$44,710	90
70	Human Resources Specialists	$59,610	$30,310	260
71	Registered Nurses	$59,510	$42,610	2,880
72	Dietitians and Nutritionists	$59,370	$36,780	50
73	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$59,270	$32,070	110
74	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$59,120	$33,210	980
75	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$59,040	$40,900	30
76	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$58,880	$36,980	60
77	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	$58,800	$32,350	120
78	First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$58,790	$35,510	40
79	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$58,720	$35,640	480
80	Massage Therapists	$58,660	$21,820	160
81	Web Developers	$58,450	$33,670	40
82	Computer Programmers	$58,260	$38,360	60
83	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$58,260	$36,370	570
84	Cost Estimators	$57,940	$37,550	180
85	Mechanical Engineers	$57,790	$35,560	100
86	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$57,140	$34,310	180
87	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$54,930	$39,950	660
88	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$54,790	$33,300	1,350
89	Social Workers, All Other	$54,780	$41,180	30
90	Public Relations Specialists	$54,540	$31,780	130
91	Instructional Coordinators	$54,260	$29,610	130
92	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$53,990	$36,010	810
93	Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	$53,850	$35,170	590
94	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$53,640	$30,980	150
95	Training and Development Specialists	$53,090	$31,250	160
96	Marriage and Family Therapists	$53,050	$34,550	40
97	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$52,940	$33,740	30
98	Healthcare Social Workers	$52,160	$27,680	150
99	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$51,980	$34,580	830
100	Postal Service Mail Carriers	$51,840	$32,630	430

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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