High paying business and finance jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Personal Financial Advisors$125,670
Bachelor's degree
$49,670 – $427,1608,390
2Financial and Investment Analysts$105,160
Bachelor's degree
$64,200 – $168,7706,400
3Financial Risk Specialists$104,500
Bachelor's degree
$63,600 – $205,640990
4Project Management Specialists$98,720
Bachelor's degree
$58,830 – $162,37019,340
5Management Analysts$94,290
Bachelor's degree
$58,990 – $165,85016,540
6Financial Examiners$82,350
Bachelor's degree
$58,170 – $159,0901,070
7Accountants and Auditors$80,920
Bachelor's degree
$50,280 – $132,54030,950
8Business Operations Specialists, All Other$79,770
Bachelor's degree
$45,270 – $150,09016,810
9Compliance Officers$79,770
Bachelor's degree
$45,880 – $127,94010,530
10Insurance Underwriters$79,460
Bachelor's degree
$50,660 – $154,5901,220
11Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$78,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,970 – $120,9405,210
12Credit Analysts$77,750
Bachelor's degree
$58,720 – $138,340940
13Cost Estimators$76,040
Bachelor's degree
$42,690 – $129,5603,230
14Loan Officers$71,510
Bachelor's degree
$33,140 – $148,6004,190
15Buyers and Purchasing Agents$71,270
Bachelor's degree
$44,940 – $120,1408,190
16Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$69,800
Bachelor's degree
$44,840 – $106,8701,670
17Logisticians$69,480
Bachelor's degree
$45,630 – $110,3504,500
18Human Resources Specialists$67,580
Bachelor's degree
$46,060 – $115,27018,080
19Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$61,260
Bachelor's degree
$32,780 – $100,1503,240
20Financial Specialists, All Other$60,320
Bachelor's degree
$42,840 – $122,3501,530

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$125,670	$49,670 – $427,160	8,390
2	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$105,160	$64,200 – $168,770	6,400
3	Financial Risk SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$104,500	$63,600 – $205,640	990
4	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$98,720	$58,830 – $162,370	19,340
5	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$94,290	$58,990 – $165,850	16,540
6	Financial ExaminersBachelor's degree	$82,350	$58,170 – $159,090	1,070
7	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$80,920	$50,280 – $132,540	30,950
8	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$79,770	$45,270 – $150,090	16,810
9	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$79,770	$45,880 – $127,940	10,530
10	Insurance UnderwritersBachelor's degree	$79,460	$50,660 – $154,590	1,220
11	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,730	$47,970 – $120,940	5,210
12	Credit AnalystsBachelor's degree	$77,750	$58,720 – $138,340	940
13	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$76,040	$42,690 – $129,560	3,230
14	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$71,510	$33,140 – $148,600	4,190
15	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$71,270	$44,940 – $120,140	8,190
16	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$69,800	$44,840 – $106,870	1,670
17	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$69,480	$45,630 – $110,350	4,500
18	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$67,580	$46,060 – $115,270	18,080
19	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$61,260	$32,780 – $100,150	3,240
20	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,320	$42,840 – $122,350	1,530

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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