Registered Nurses salary in Palm Bay, FL

Median pay for registered nurses in Palm Bay, FL: $79,530/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $60,630 – $99,000 · about 5,040 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($80,810) by −$1,280 (-2%).

What it's really worth in Palm Bay

With Palm Bay's cost of living at 101 (US=100), that $79,530 has the buying power of about $78,492 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $71,308 · median home $344,841 · median rent $1,920/mo.

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How Palm Bay ranks for this job

On raw pay, Palm Bay, FL is 121st of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Palm Bay's cost of living is applied, it ranks 167th.

The headline number flatters Palm Bay. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, registered nurses here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Palm Bay

A median home in Palm Bay, FL costs $344,841 — about 4.3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,920/mo works out at 29% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where registered nurses earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Palm Bay.

Metro	Median pay	vs Palm Bay	Rent vs Palm Bay
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+135%	1.3×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+128%	1.7×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+125%	1.9×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+98%	1.2×

Same job elsewhere in FL

Metro	Median pay	vs Palm Bay	Rent vs Palm Bay
Miami, FL	$83,590	+5%	1.4×
Cape Coral, FL	$82,810	+4%	1×
Tampa, FL	$82,320	+4%	1.1×
Naples, FL	$81,850	+3%	1.4×

Staying in FL keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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