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Driver/Sales Workers pay in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and Dubuque, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Driver/Sales Workers is $35,980 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It is $53,910 per year in Dubuque, IA. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 33.3% below Dubuque, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 600 wage and salary jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and 200 in Dubuque, IA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings