Bartenders · SOC 35-3011

Bartenders Salary in the Punta Gorda Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Punta Gorda, FL metro area

Figures describe the Punta Gorda, FL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Punta Gorda city limits.

Median annual wage$35,690
Median hourly wage$17.16

Bartenders in the Punta Gorda, FL metro area earned a median of $35,690 per year ($17.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,200 at the 10th percentile to $72,630 at the 90th. BLS estimates 480 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Bartenders in the Punta Gorda metro area earn more than $35,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,060 and $47,060.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$27,200$29,060$35,690$47,060$72,630
Hourly$13.08$13.97$17.16$22.63$34.92

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Punta Gorda metro areathis metro area
    $35,690 median for Punta Gorda metro area; middle half earns $29,060 to $47,060
  • Floridastate (FL)
    $35,150 median for Florida; middle half earns $29,140 to $46,850
  • $34,340 median for United States; middle half earns $27,400 to $47,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Florida overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$17,420$40,373$63,327$86,280Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $17,420Alexandria, LA — $17,840Sumter, SC — $18,040Lake Charles, LA — $18,280Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $18,340McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $18,940Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $18,990Lafayette, LA — $19,070Columbia, SC — $19,230Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $19,600Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $19,630El Paso, TX — $19,680Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $19,770Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $19,990Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $20,030Monroe, LA — $20,060Spartanburg, SC — $20,090Dalton, GA — $20,260Odessa, TX — $20,370Athens-Clarke County, GA — $20,400Sherman-Denison, TX — $20,420San Angelo, TX — $20,440College Station-Bryan, TX — $20,460Victoria, TX — $20,600Baton Rouge, LA — $20,640Hammond, LA — $20,650Columbus, GA-AL — $20,940Corpus Christi, TX — $20,970Lubbock, TX — $20,990Amarillo, TX — $21,050Terre Haute, IN — $21,090Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $21,100Longview, TX — $21,140Tyler, TX — $21,170Lawton, OK — $21,230New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $21,230Killeen-Temple, TX — $21,280Laredo, TX — $21,380Waco, TX — $21,420Wichita Falls, TX — $21,460Casper, WY — $21,490Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $21,540Ames, IA — $21,580Cedar Rapids, IA — $21,600Cheyenne, WY — $21,690Johnson City, TN — $21,700Dubuque, IA — $21,720Muncie, IN — $21,780Pocatello, ID — $21,800Abilene, TX — $21,890Arecibo, PR — $21,890Iowa City, IA — $21,900Albany, GA — $21,920Johnstown, PA — $21,930Ponce, PR — $21,970Aguadilla, PR — $21,980Midland, TX — $21,980San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $21,980Savannah, GA — $21,980Jackson, TN — $22,030Janesville-Beloit, WI — $22,090Mayaguez, PR — $22,090Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $22,340Evansville, IN — $22,360Bloomington, IN — $22,370Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $22,430Altoona, PA — $22,460Warner Robins, GA — $22,580Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $22,600Wausau, WI — $22,640Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $22,680Erie, PA — $22,730Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $22,770Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $22,770Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $22,880San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,880Texarkana, TX-AR — $22,880Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $22,960Eau Claire, WI — $22,990Florence, SC — $22,990South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $23,000Fort Wayne, IN — $23,010Kokomo, IN — $23,060Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $23,120Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $23,120La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $23,130Kenosha, WI — $23,140Madison, WI — $23,210Appleton, WI — $23,330Fond du Lac, WI — $23,330Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $23,350Hot Springs, AR — $23,350Green Bay, WI — $23,380Duluth, MN-WI — $23,540Billings, MT — $23,550Idaho Falls, ID — $23,660Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $23,670Columbus, IN — $23,700Gadsden, AL — $23,700Morristown, TN — $23,730Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $23,750Fort Smith, AR-OK — $23,830Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $24,170Gainesville, GA — $24,180Clarksville, TN-KY — $24,230Macon-Bibb County, GA — $24,330Jonesboro, AR — $24,460Rome, GA — $24,490Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $24,540Mankato, MN — $24,710Oklahoma City, OK — $24,790Great Falls, MT — $25,310Chattanooga, TN-GA — $25,650Cleveland, TN — $25,710Sheboygan, WI — $25,720Anniston-Oxford, AL — $25,760Reno, NV — $25,770Williamsport, PA — $25,910Valdosta, GA — $25,920Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $25,970St. Cloud, MN — $25,970Missoula, MT — $25,990Lebanon, PA — $26,090Auburn-Opelika, AL — $26,210Helena, MT — $26,210Carson City, NV — $26,250Paducah, KY-IL — $26,350Hattiesburg, MS — $26,360Chambersburg, PA — $26,390Gettysburg, PA — $26,400Twin Falls, ID — $26,530Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $26,570Elizabethtown, KY — $26,620Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,660Bowling Green, KY — $26,800Owensboro, KY — $26,810Montgomery, AL — $26,830Tuscaloosa, AL — $26,830Rochester, MN — $27,000Bozeman, MT — $27,040Manhattan, KS — $27,160Dothan, AL — $27,420Tulsa, OK — $27,450Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $27,520Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $27,600Enid, OK — $27,700Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,730Goldsboro, NC — $27,740Topeka, KS — $27,860Logan, UT-ID — $27,980Mobile, AL — $27,980Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,010State College, PA — $28,100Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $28,190Huntsville, AL — $28,210Reading, PA — $28,260Lancaster, PA — $28,280Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $28,360Fargo, ND-MN — $28,390Coeur d'Alene, ID — $28,440Springfield, OH — $28,440Wheeling, WV-OH — $28,530Wichita, KS — $28,540Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $28,600Columbia, MO — $28,600Joplin, MO-KS — $28,600Minot, ND — $28,610Jefferson City, MO — $28,630Mansfield, OH — $28,640Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $28,710Grand Forks, ND-MN — $28,770York-Hanover, PA — $28,810Boise City, ID — $28,840Knoxville, TN — $28,860Grand Island, NE — $28,910St. Joseph, MO-KS — $29,000Manchester-Nashua, NH — $29,050Beckley, WV — $29,060Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,100Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $29,120Springfield, MO — $29,120Jackson, MS — $29,230Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $29,280Lewiston, ID-WA — $29,290Bismarck, ND — $29,350Rapid City, SD — $29,500Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,520Ocala, FL — $29,620Sebring, FL — $29,680Homosassa Springs, FL — $29,720Pittsburgh, PA — $29,750Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $29,790Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $29,830Lawrence, KS — $29,980Birmingham, AL — $30,010Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $30,010Sandusky, OH — $30,130Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $30,180Greenville, NC — $30,190Lima, OH — $30,270Tallahassee, FL — $30,270Kansas City, MO-KS — $30,300Morgantown, WV — $30,310Canton-Massillon, OH — $30,450Decatur, AL — $30,540Lexington-Fayette, KY — $30,640Lincoln, NE — $30,660Toledo, OH — $30,820Charleston, WV — $30,900Jacksonville, NC — $31,000Farmington, NM — $31,030Akron, OH — $31,120Burlington, NC — $31,170Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $31,170Anchorage, AK — $31,200Bloomington, IL — $31,200Champaign-Urbana, IL — $31,200Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $31,200Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Decatur, IL — $31,200Kankakee, IL — $31,200Peoria, IL — $31,200Rockford, IL — $31,200St. Louis, MO-IL — $31,200Springfield, IL — $31,200Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $31,240Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $31,650Hinesville, GA — $31,760Fairbanks-College, AK — $31,840Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $31,860Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $32,220Cleveland, OH — $33,470Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $33,620Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,650Port St. Lucie, FL — $33,720Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,750Rocky Mount, NC — $33,800Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,920Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,240Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,320Chico, CA — $34,320Fresno, CA — $34,320Redding, CA — $34,320Visalia, CA — $34,320Yuba City, CA — $34,320Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $34,350Las Cruces, NM — $34,470North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $34,500Greensboro-High Point, NC — $34,550El Centro, CA — $34,620Omaha, NE-IA — $34,630Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,670Merced, CA — $34,680Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,700Bay City, MI — $34,720Stockton-Lodi, CA — $34,770Albany, OR — $34,790Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $34,840Fayetteville, NC — $34,880Salisbury, MD — $34,890Winston-Salem, NC — $34,920Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $35,040Gainesville, FL — $35,050Modesto, CA — $35,100Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,210Dover, DE — $35,210Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,240Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $35,300Asheville, NC — $35,380Pittsfield, MA — $35,390Jacksonville, FL — $35,450Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $35,510Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $35,510Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,570Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $35,590Vineland, NJ — $35,590Springfield, MA — $35,610San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $35,630Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $35,680Punta Gorda, FL — $35,690Jackson, MI — $35,740Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $35,790Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $35,810Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,940Worcester, MA — $35,950Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $35,960Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $36,040Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $36,100Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,120Flint, MI — $36,130Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $36,170Grand Junction, CO — $36,180San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $36,260Flagstaff, AZ — $36,270Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,310Salinas, CA — $36,350Tucson, AZ — $36,450Saginaw, MI — $36,550Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,780Vallejo, CA — $36,870Grants Pass, OR — $36,920Lexington Park, MD — $36,950Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,960Columbus, OH — $37,000Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,110Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $37,180Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $37,290Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,290Traverse City, MI — $37,300Ogden, UT — $37,330Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,360Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $37,390Albuquerque, NM — $37,400Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,460Pueblo, CO — $37,630Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,660Greeley, CO — $37,680Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $37,680St. George, UT — $37,690Colorado Springs, CO — $37,700Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,700Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $37,760Napa, CA — $37,790Monroe, MI — $37,800Wilmington, NC — $37,890Midland, MI — $38,170New Haven, CT — $38,260Ann Arbor, MI — $38,300Salem, OR — $38,410Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,430Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $38,800Utica-Rome, NY — $38,860Niles, MI — $38,970Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $39,300Battle Creek, MI — $39,430Eugene-Springfield, OR — $39,580San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $39,670Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,730Medford, OR — $40,190Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $40,230Elmira, NY — $41,110Winchester, VA-WV — $41,640Corvallis, OR — $41,840Yuma, AZ — $42,210San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $42,270Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $42,340Boulder, CO — $42,520Bend, OR — $42,670Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $43,070Barnstable Town, MA — $43,530Bangor, ME — $43,880Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $43,950Ithaca, NY — $44,040Santa Fe, NM — $44,250Lynchburg, VA — $44,350Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $44,620Harrisonburg, VA — $44,940Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,040Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,150Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,590Rochester, NY — $45,920Richmond, VA — $46,070Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,290Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,320Glens Falls, NY — $46,470Roanoke, VA — $46,530Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,700Syracuse, NY — $46,710Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,920Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,940Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,370Kingston, NY — $47,760Binghamton, NY — $47,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,030Charlottesville, VA — $48,210Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $48,220Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,070Yakima, WA — $49,700Longview-Kelso, WA — $49,930Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $50,180Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $50,210Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $53,810Walla Walla, WA — $54,030Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,170Kennewick-Richland, WA — $55,820Bellingham, WA — $56,110Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $56,640Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,180New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,220Urban Honolulu, HI — $75,340Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $86,280

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Punta Gorda metro area has the 112th-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bartenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Punta Gorda metro areathis page
    $35,690 median for Punta Gorda metro area; middle half earns $29,060 to $47,060
  • $37,460 median for Tampa metro area; middle half earns $29,230 to $50,010
  • $36,310 median for Naples metro area; middle half earns $30,210 to $51,430
  • $35,940 median for Deltona metro area; middle half earns $28,850 to $45,110
  • $35,570 median for Crestview metro area; middle half earns $29,070 to $47,270
  • $35,450 median for Jacksonville metro area; middle half earns $29,580 to $46,260
  • $35,210 median for Cape Coral metro area; middle half earns $29,160 to $48,720

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.