Lowest-paying jobs in Naples
Stacker collected information on the lowest-paying jobs in Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2020. Job descriptions are from O*NET.
In Naples, the annual mean wage is $50,040 or 11.1% lower than national mean of $56,310, while the lowest-paying occupation makes $21,390. Read on to see which jobs make the list.
#50. Residential advisors
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,710
- #139 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,430
- Employment: 102,450
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Gadsden, AL ($20,950)
--- Jonesboro, AR ($20,980)
--- Amarillo, TX ($21,360)
- Job description: Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.
#49. Helpers--carpenters
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,510
- #49 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,360
- Employment: 30,900
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ($21,250)
--- Sioux Falls, SD ($23,260)
--- Tallahassee, FL ($24,740)
- Job description: Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
#48. Bakers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,410
- #243 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,060
- Employment: 168,890
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Sherman-Denison, TX ($21,310)
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($21,560)
--- St. George, UT ($22,110)
- Job description: Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
#47. Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,320
- #27 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,040
- Employment: 20,860
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Tallahassee, FL ($20,830)
--- Dayton, OH ($21,790)
--- Greensboro-High Point, NC ($23,880)
- Job description: Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.
#46. Helpers--electricians
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,270
- #90 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,440
- Employment: 73,920
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Burlington, NC ($18,470)
--- Auburn-Opelika, AL ($25,240)
--- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($25,510)
- Job description: Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
#45. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,250
- #304 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,520
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,410
- Employment: 1,990,510
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Monroe, LA ($21,200)
--- Sumter, SC ($21,400)
--- Dothan, AL ($21,670)
- Job description: Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
#44. Phlebotomists
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,200
- #59 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $37,280
- Employment: 128,020
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Decatur, AL ($27,030)
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($27,140)
--- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($27,550)
- Job description: Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.
#43. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,190
- #354 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,900
- Employment: 222,550
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Decatur, AL ($18,020)
--- Dalton, GA ($18,450)
--- Monroe, LA ($18,500)
- Job description: Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
#42. Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,170
- #88 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,800
- Employment: 147,760
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($20,270)
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($20,500)
--- New Bern, NC ($21,670)
- Job description: Use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.
#41. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,070
- #176 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,350
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,710
- Employment: 2,805,200
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ($23,980)
--- Homosassa Springs, FL ($24,680)
--- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($25,350)
- Job description: Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.
#40. Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,060
- #109 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,550
- Employment: 134,660
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Waco, TX ($22,710)
--- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ($23,120)
--- Albany, GA ($24,680)
- Job description: Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.
#39. Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,020
- #43 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,320
- Employment: 11,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($20,510)
--- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($21,040)
--- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ($21,080)
- Job description: Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.
#38. Manicurists and pedicurists
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $32,000
- #101 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,010
- Employment: 73,010
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- York-Hanover, PA ($18,440)
--- Fort Wayne, IN ($18,880)
--- Akron, OH ($19,540)
- Job description: Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.
#37. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $31,890
- #14 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $45,070
- Employment: 240,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Logan, UT-ID ($27,040)
--- Gadsden, AL ($28,340)
--- Beckley, WV ($28,410)
- Job description: Process new insurance policies, modifications to existing policies, and claims forms. Obtain information from policyholders to verify the accuracy and completeness of information on claims forms, applications and related documents, and company records. Update existing policies and company records to reflect changes requested by policyholders and insurance company representatives.
#36. Concierges
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $31,560
- #43 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,310
- Employment: 36,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Billings, MT ($22,350)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($24,580)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($25,250)
- Job description: Assist patrons at hotel, apartment, or office building with personal services. May take messages; arrange or give advice on transportation, business services, or entertainment; or monitor guest requests for housekeeping and maintenance.
#35. Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $31,150
- #103 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,960
- Employment: 91,430
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Wichita Falls, TX ($23,230)
--- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($23,580)
--- Racine, WI ($24,240)
- Job description: Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
#34. Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $31,100
- #56 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,990
- Employment: 55,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Staunton-Waynesboro, VA ($20,210)
--- Charlottesville, VA ($22,530)
--- Tuscaloosa, AL ($23,080)
- Job description: Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
#33. Substitute teachers, short-term
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,940
- #139 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,090
- Employment: 512,030
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ($17,360)
--- Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL ($17,470)
--- Huntsville, AL ($17,470)
- Job description: Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.
#32. Stockers and order fillers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,910
- #259 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,200
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,010
- Employment: 2,210,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Fond du Lac, WI ($23,990)
--- Monroe, LA ($24,240)
--- Florence, SC ($24,420)
- Job description: Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.
#31. Bartenders
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,850
- #300 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,160
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,910
- Employment: 486,720
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Gadsden, AL ($17,930)
--- Decatur, AL ($17,950)
--- Warner Robins, GA ($18,150)
- Job description: Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff.
#30. Nursing assistants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,700
- #203 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,570
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,050
- Employment: 1,371,050
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Monroe, LA ($21,840)
--- Brunswick, GA ($22,370)
--- Columbus, GA-AL ($22,540)
- Job description: Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
#29. Cooks, short order
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,680
- #200 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,030
- Employment: 123,350
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Laredo, TX ($18,660)
--- Gainesville, GA ($18,740)
--- Mobile, AL ($18,820)
- Job description: Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.
#28. Food preparation workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,160
- #330 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,540
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,820
- Employment: 793,590
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Hammond, LA ($18,290)
--- Morristown, TN ($18,550)
--- Monroe, LA ($19,010)
- Job description: Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.
#26 (tie). Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,060
- #6 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $65,020
- Employment: 11,070
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Asheville, NC ($20,180)
--- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI ($24,100)
--- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($25,120)
- Job description: Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
#26 (tie). Recreation workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $30,060
- #215 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,960
- Employment: 325,640
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Rocky Mount, NC ($20,040)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($20,300)
--- Monroe, LA ($21,000)
- Job description: Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.
#25. Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $29,160
- #306 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,690
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,010
- Employment: 795,590
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Monroe, LA ($18,460)
--- Valdosta, GA ($18,730)
--- Alexandria, LA ($19,070)
- Job description: Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
#24. Shampooers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $29,120
- #19 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $24,320
- Employment: 8,310
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Reading, PA ($18,650)
--- Pittsburgh, PA ($19,650)
--- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL ($19,650)
- Job description: Shampoo and rinse customers' hair.
#23. Automotive and watercraft service attendants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $29,030
- #196 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,150
- Employment: 112,750
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Valdosta, GA ($21,570)
--- Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA ($21,740)
--- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ($21,950)
- Job description: Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.
#22. Couriers and messengers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $28,970
- #82 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,010
- Employment: 70,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Tuscaloosa, AL ($19,770)
--- Monroe, LA ($21,160)
--- Lawton, OK ($21,380)
- Job description: Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.
#21. Pharmacy aides
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $28,080
- #59 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,250
- Employment: 38,900
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($20,300)
--- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ($21,220)
--- Grand Island, NE ($21,360)
- Job description: Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
#20. Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $27,550
- #257 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,600
- Employment: 179,890
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Hattiesburg, MS ($18,060)
--- Warner Robins, GA ($18,580)
--- Rome, GA ($19,050)
- Job description: Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
#19. Passenger attendants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $27,310
- #15 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,410
- Employment: 22,990
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($19,610)
--- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ($19,660)
--- Savannah, GA ($22,210)
- Job description: Provide services to ensure the safety of passengers aboard ships, buses, trains, or within the station or terminal. Perform duties such as explaining the use of safety equipment, serving meals or beverages, or answering questions related to travel.
#18. Switchboard operators, including answering service
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $27,150
- #30 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,980
- Employment: 59,270
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Alexandria, LA ($20,580)
--- Lawton, OK ($21,710)
--- Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL ($22,090)
- Job description: Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.
#17. Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $26,880
- #145 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,400
- Employment: 341,660
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ($20,280)
--- Albany, GA ($20,850)
--- Dalton, GA ($20,890)
- Job description: Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
#16. Animal caretakers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $26,160
- #190 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,380
- Employment: 193,660
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Morristown, TN ($18,810)
--- Greenville, NC ($20,320)
--- Twin Falls, ID ($20,580)
- Job description: Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise provide care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals that are not raised for consumption, such as dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice. Work in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, zoos, circuses, and aquariums. May keep records of feedings, treatments, and animals received or discharged. May clean, disinfect, and repair cages, pens, or fish tanks.
#15. Fast food and counter workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,970
- #289 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,940
National
- Annual mean salary: $24,540
- Employment: 3,450,120
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Dothan, AL ($18,690)
--- Mobile, AL ($18,750)
--- Montgomery, AL ($18,780)
- Job description: Perform duties such as taking orders and serving food and beverages. Serve customers at counter or from a steam table. May take payment. May prepare food and beverages.
#14. Cashiers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,920
- #278 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,750
National
- Annual mean salary: $25,710
- Employment: 3,333,100
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Hattiesburg, MS ($19,530)
--- Monroe, LA ($19,780)
--- Albany, GA ($20,320)
- Job description: Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. May process credit or debit card transactions and validate checks.
#13. Dishwashers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,790
- #281 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,010
National
- Annual mean salary: $25,600
- Employment: 395,660
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL ($17,490)
--- Fond du Lac, WI ($18,400)
--- Muncie, IN ($18,550)
- Job description: Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
#12. Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,730
- #128 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,050
- Employment: 113,150
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Montgomery, AL ($17,440)
--- Athens-Clarke County, GA ($17,790)
--- Sheboygan, WI ($17,940)
- Job description: Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes, to provide assistance and protection to participants.
#11. Packers and packagers, hand
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,630
- #115 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,270
- Employment: 599,270
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Wichita Falls, TX ($18,740)
--- Casper, WY ($19,850)
--- Johnstown, PA ($19,920)
- Job description: Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
#10. Amusement and recreation attendants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,320
- #224 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 810
National
- Annual mean salary: $25,610
- Employment: 248,190
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($18,040)
--- Lynchburg, VA ($18,600)
--- Auburn-Opelika, AL ($18,650)
- Job description: Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
#9. Food servers, nonrestaurant
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $25,150
- #176 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,460
- Employment: 254,650
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Decatur, AL ($18,460)
--- Enid, OK ($18,780)
--- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($18,960)
- Job description: Serve food to individuals outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, residential care facilities, or cars.
#8. Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $24,850
- #228 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,280
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,300
- Employment: 374,940
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Monroe, LA ($18,090)
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($18,100)
--- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ($18,240)
- Job description: Facilitate food service. Clean tables; remove dirty dishes; replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food; and serve items such as water, condiments, and coffee to patrons.
#7. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $24,740
- #259 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 800
National
- Annual mean salary: $24,800
- Employment: 316,700
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Decatur, AL ($17,940)
--- Gadsden, AL ($18,150)
--- New Bern, NC ($18,190)
- Job description: Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.
#6. Parking attendants
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $24,360
- #62 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,910
- Employment: 123,790
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Lake Charles, LA ($19,840)
--- Huntsville, AL ($19,910)
--- Auburn-Opelika, AL ($20,000)
- Job description: Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee.
#5. Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $24,160
- #23 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,140
- Employment: 293,910
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Rocky Mount, NC ($19,550)
--- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ($20,610)
--- Las Cruces, NM ($21,540)
- Job description: Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
#4. Childcare workers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $23,980
- #176 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,790
- Employment: 494,360
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Rome, GA ($17,330)
--- Dothan, AL ($18,370)
--- Warner Robins, GA ($18,440)
- Job description: Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
#3. Cooks, fast food
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $23,340
- #186 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500
National
- Annual mean salary: $24,300
- Employment: 544,420
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Altoona, PA ($17,660)
--- Johnson City, TN ($17,700)
--- Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL ($17,900)
- Job description: Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
#2. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $22,850
- #2 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,220
- Employment: 370,910
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Hammond, LA ($22,420)
--- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($22,850)
--- El Paso, TX ($23,120)
- Job description: Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
#1. Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Annual mean salary: $21,390
- #36 lowest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,390
- Employment: 95,600
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with lowest average pay:
--- Tulsa, OK ($18,650)
--- Appleton, WI ($18,760)
--- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC ($18,930)
- Job description: Assist patrons at entertainment events by performing duties, such as collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and helping patrons locate such facilities as restrooms and telephones.
