Palm Coast Employment

Employment and Industries in the Palm Coast, Florida Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Palm Coast than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Palm Coast.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Palm Coast.
A list of any large public companies in Palm Coast.

Most Popular Jobs in Palm Coast, Florida Metro Area (2008 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	190	69,110	$26,490 - 127,690	8%	51%
2	Accountants and auditors	100	53,720	$35,060 - 78,180	18%	79%
3	Lawyers	60		$ -	11%	99%
4	Legislators	40	30,000	$26,520 - 34,880	1%	65%
5	Computer programmers	30	51,750	$30,240 - 75,780	0%	73%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Cashiers	690	18,100	$14,880 - 23,140	-2%	10%
2	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	640	22,370	$17,540 - 28,140	18%	6%
3	Retail salespersons	540	27,650	$16,940 - 44,320	12%	25%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	530	17,310	$14,680 - 20,920	18%	5%
5	Waiters and waitresses	500	20,510	$15,220 - 28,070	11%	14%
6	Stock clerks and order fillers	500	22,380	$16,350 - 31,600	-7%	8%
7	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	440	27,100	$17,370 - 39,960	1%	18%
8	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	370	20,930	$16,890 - 26,050	15%	4%
9	Office clerks, general	340	23,010	$15,860 - 33,030	13%	19%
10	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	260	28,330	$15,470 - 39,250	13%	16%
11	Customer service representatives	240	27,760	$16,630 - 42,650	25%	22%
12	Cooks, restaurant	220	21,970	$17,210 - 29,290	12%	5%
13	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	200	35,230	$26,950 - 44,450	15%	18%
14	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	180	39,420	$26,830 - 50,740	4%	25%
15	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	170	27,310	$20,720 - 32,780	10%	4%
16	Dishwashers	160	15,850	$14,560 - 17,980	10%	3%
17	Carpenters	160	31,500	$22,840 - 42,000	10%	6%
18	Food preparation workers	150	17,880	$14,500 - 23,560	15%	7%
19	Maintenance and repair workers, general	140	27,640	$20,520 - 40,050	10%	6%
20	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	130	29,700	$21,530 - 40,360	14%	4%
21	Construction laborers	130	28,830	$22,170 - 36,660	11%	5%
22	Business operations specialists, all other	130	68,900	$39,760 - 100,090	21%	49%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	130	53,100	$35,940 - 79,060	9%	10%
24	Real estate brokers	130			11%	45%
25	Fire fighters	120	25,240	$17,500 - 35,510	12%	18%
26	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	120	38,890	$23,330 - 63,860	6%	29%
27	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	110	35,440	$28,440 - 41,740	14%	7%
28	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	110	28,800	$18,480 - 39,790	11%	14%
29	Postal service mail carriers	110			1%	11%
30	Electricians	100	35,460	$23,150 - 50,130	7%	7%
31	Medical assistants	100	26,860	$22,350 - 31,660	35%	10%
32	General and operations managers	100	70,460	$33,450 - 126,840	2%	48%
33	Receptionists and information clerks	100	24,290	$15,820 - 35,330	17%	13%
34	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	90	20,270	$14,520 - 26,010	2%	5%
35	Tellers	80	25,540	$21,590 - 32,210	14%	16%
36	Cost estimators	80	63,020	$36,170 - 84,750	19%	32%
37	Loan interviewers and clerks	70	28,420	$20,870 - 46,860	0%	24%
38	All other information and record clerks	70	24,800	$17,790 - 34,440	-12%	21%
39	Loan officers	70	60,540	$35,670 - 98,730	12%	49%
40	Child care workers	70	18,400	$15,000 - 23,860	18%	15%
41	Insurance sales agents	70	54,440	$23,440 - 136,180	13%	45%
42	Packers and packagers, hand	60	17,850	$15,250 - 20,060	-11%	3%
43	Order clerks	60	21,840	$17,220 - 28,740	-23%	16%
44	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	60	25,790	$19,140 - 32,900	4%	6%
45	Court, municipal, and license clerks	50	31,370	$23,280 - 45,860	9%	24%
46	Industrial truck and tractor operators	50	24,420	$18,650 - 30,800	-1%	2%
47	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	50	21,080	$16,740 - 25,580	8%	4%
48	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	40			14%	8%
49	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	40	49,420	$30,390 - 73,850	-4%	15%
50	Automotive body and related repairers	40	36,570	$27,370 - 48,620	12%	3%
51	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	40	15,810	$14,480 - 18,360	12%	6%
52	Computer support specialists	40	32,050	$22,040 - 40,820	13%	43%
53	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	40	61,030	$45,330 - 79,160	7%	13%
54	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	40	36,600	$27,560 - 50,840	8%	3%
55	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	30	25,280	$20,090 - 34,930	10%	24%
56	Painters, construction and maintenance	30	23,780	$15,170 - 38,040	12%	6%
57	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	30	24,010	$18,340 - 30,580	8%	9%
58	Bill and account collectors	30	30,580	$21,760 - 38,920	23%	13%
59	File clerks	30	25,440	$17,280 - 36,230	-40%	20%
60	Construction and building inspectors	30	50,410	$36,170 - 68,390	18%	23%
61	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	30	19,400	$14,590 - 28,990	10%	17%

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Jobs More Common Near Palm Coast Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Real estate brokers		130	39.1
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	22,370	640	9
Fire fighters	25,240	120	6.2
Postal service mail carriers		110	4.1
Dishwashers	15,850	160	4
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,380	500	3.4
Cooks, restaurant	21,970	220	3.2
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,100	440	3.1
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	53,100	130	2.9
Waiters and waitresses	20,510	500	2.7
Medical assistants	26,860	100	2.6
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	29,700	130	2.6
Cashiers	18,100	690	2.6
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,310	530	2.5
Carpenters	31,500	160	2.4
Food preparation workers	17,880	150	2.3
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,930	370	2.2
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,440	110	2.1
Electricians	35,460	100	2
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	39,420	180	2
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,330	260	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,800	110	1.8
Construction laborers	28,830	130	1.7
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	35,230	200	1.7
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	69,110	190	1.6
Business operations specialists, all other	68,900	130	1.6
Retail salespersons	27,650	540	1.5
Office clerks, general	23,010	340	1.5
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,640	140	1.4
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	27,310	170	1.4
Customer service representatives	27,760	240	1.3
Receptionists and information clerks	24,290	100	1.1
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,890	120	1.1
Accountants and auditors	53,720	100	1.1
General and operations managers	70,460	100	0.8

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Palm Coast, Florida Metro Area (2008 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	69,110	1.22	190
Business operations specialists, all other	68,900	1.17	130
Retail salespersons	27,650	1.13	540
Waiters and waitresses	20,510	1.1	500
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	39,420	1.02	180
Cooks, restaurant	21,970	1.01	220
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,310	1	530
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,380	0.98	500
Cashiers	18,100	0.98	690
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,800	0.95	110
Customer service representatives	27,760	0.94	240
Food preparation workers	17,880	0.93	150
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,100	0.93	440
Construction laborers	28,830	0.93	130
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	22,370	0.92	640
Dishwashers	15,850	0.92	160
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,930	0.91	370
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	53,100	0.91	130
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	35,230	0.91	200
Office clerks, general	23,010	0.9	340
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,440	0.9	110
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,330	0.89	260
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,890	0.86	120
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	29,700	0.82	130
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,640	0.8	140
Carpenters	31,500	0.8	160
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	27,310	0.73	170
Fire fighters	25,240	0.6	120
Real estate brokers			130
Postal service mail carriers			110

Highest Paying Jobs in Palm Coast, Florida Metro Area (2008 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Pharmacists	96,480
General and operations managers	70,460	100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	69,110	190
Business operations specialists, all other	68,900	130
Cost estimators	63,020	80
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	61,030	40
Loan officers	60,540	70
Insurance sales agents	54,440	70
Registered nurses	54,140
Accountants and auditors	53,720	100
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	53,100	130
Computer programmers	51,750	30
Real estate sales agents	51,160
Construction and building inspectors	50,410	30
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	49,420	40
Management analysts	47,030
Personal financial advisors	43,400
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	39,420	180
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,890	120
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	36,600	40
Automotive body and related repairers	36,570	40
Electricians	35,460	100
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,440	110
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	35,230	200
Legal secretaries	34,770
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	34,250
Computer support specialists	32,050	40
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	31,520
Carpenters	31,500	160
Court, municipal, and license clerks	31,370	50
Bill and account collectors	30,580	30
Legislators	30,000	40
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	29,700	130
Construction laborers	28,830	130
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,800	110
Loan interviewers and clerks	28,420	70
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,330	260
Pharmacy technicians	28,280
Customer service representatives	27,760	240
Retail salespersons	27,650	540
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,640	140
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	27,310	170
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,100	440
Medical assistants	26,860	100
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	26,440
Dental assistants	25,900
Recreation workers	25,840
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	25,790	60
Tellers	25,540	80
File clerks	25,440	30

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