SOC 49-9092 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Commercial Divers make in Jacksonville, FL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial Divers in Jacksonville, FL is $49,640. The 10th percentile is $44,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,650. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$49,640

10th percentile
$44,040
25th percentile
$48,170
Median
$49,640
75th percentile
$58,260
90th percentile
$60,650
Mean
$52,190

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Commercial Divers, the published 10th percentile is $44,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,650. The difference is $16,610, which is 33.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,170 to the 75th at $58,260, covers $10,090.

The mean annual wage is $52,190, which sits above the median of $49,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jacksonville, FL median is 32% lower than the national median of $72,990 for Commercial Divers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,897, which is 31.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Florida median of $49,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jacksonville, FL is 99.484, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial Divers at $49,897 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Commercial Divers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Commercial Divers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Jacksonville, FL (40 of 765,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Jacksonville, FL · Commercial Divers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Commercial Divers make in Jacksonville, FL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial Divers in Jacksonville, FL is $49,640. The 10th percentile is $44,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,650. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Commercial Divers?

The local median is 32% lower than the national median of $72,990.

What is Commercial Divers pay in Jacksonville, FL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jacksonville, FL is 99.484, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $49,640 is $49,897. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.