The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL all-occupations median was 11.8% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Retail Salespersons had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 8,780.
Among those high-employment rows, Food Preparation Workers had the highest published location quotient at 2.02. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Retail Salespersons: 8,780 jobs. Fast Food and Counter...: 7,240 jobs. Registered Nurses: 6,600 jobs. Cashiers: 6,070 jobs. Waiters and Waitresses: 5,920 jobs. General and Operation...: 4,800 jobs.
$33,370/yearEmployment: 8,780 Jobs per 1,000: 39.97 Location quotient: 1.59
8,780
39.97
1.59
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL was 99.4, or 0.6% below the national price level. Its housing index was 108.4.
National-price-dollar proxy
$45,226
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 99.4. Housing: 108.4.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 19660.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $44,940 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 219,740 jobs for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL?
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 8,780 estimated jobs and a published median of $33,370 per year.
Does the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL at $44,940 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 219,740 covered jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. The all-occupations mean is $57,390 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL's $44,940 all-occupations median is 11.8% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL sits among metro areas
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL ranks 313 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL has 219,740 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
310. Sandusky, OH has an all-occupations median of $44,970 per year and 50,100 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $30.
311. Owensboro, KY has an all-occupations median of $44,960 per year and 49,450 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $20.
312. Montgomery, AL has an all-occupations median of $44,950 per year and 165,550 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $10.
314. Terre Haute, IN has an all-occupations median of $44,870 per year and 65,120 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $70.
315. Clarksville, TN-KY has an all-occupations median of $44,860 per year and 103,220 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $80.
316. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has an all-occupations median of $44,820 per year and 162,750 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is $120.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. The first row, Retail Salespersons, has 8,780 estimated jobs. Its median is $33,370 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Retail Salespersons has 8,780 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $33,370 per year. Its location quotient is 1.59.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 7,240 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $28,660 per year. Its location quotient is 1.33.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
The detailed roles shown for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL do not share one pay level. General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $91,710 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $44,940 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $91,710 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 4,800 jobs. Its local share is 0.97 times the national share.
2. Registered Nurses has a published median of $84,180 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 6,600 jobs. Its local share is 1.38 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Food Preparation Workers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 2.02. The same row has 2,540 jobs and a median of $34,850 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 2.02 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,540 jobs and a median of $34,850 per year.
2. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.94 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,610 jobs and a median of $36,600 per year.
3. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.84 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 5,920 jobs and a median of $35,440 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 99.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 0.6% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 108.4. The goods index is 96.2. Utilities are 87.6. Other services are 98.9. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
How to read survey care marks for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
The all-occupations employment RSE for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 219,740 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL's $44,940 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
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What this Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL page does not say
The page does not say what one person in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 313 of 393 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
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3. Registered Nurses has 6,600 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $84,180 per year. Its location quotient is 1.38.
4. Cashiers has 6,070 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $29,950 per year. Its location quotient is 1.39.
5. Waiters and Waitresses has 5,920 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $35,440 per year. Its location quotient is 1.84.
6. General and Operations Managers has 4,800 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $91,710 per year. Its location quotient is 0.97.
7. Office Clerks, General has 4,660 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $41,550 per year. Its location quotient is 1.34.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 4,530 estimated jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Its published median is $36,640 per year. Its location quotient is 1.13.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $60,620 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,960 jobs. Its local share is 0.96 times the national share.
4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $60,520 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,010 jobs. Its local share is 1.33 times the national share.
5. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a published median of $58,750 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,920 jobs. Its local share is 1.08 times the national share.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $57,770 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,280 jobs. Its local share is 1.16 times the national share.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $47,660 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,910 jobs. Its local share is 0.66 times the national share.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a published median of $47,520 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,810 jobs. Its local share is 0.93 times the national share.
4. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.75 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,870 jobs and a median of $35,940 per year.
5. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.73 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,360 jobs and a median of $38,300 per year.
6. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.65 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 3,280 jobs and a median of $36,350 per year.
7. Retail Salespersons has a location quotient of 1.59 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 8,780 jobs and a median of $33,370 per year.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers has a location quotient of 1.56 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,690 jobs and a median of $43,370 per year.
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