Salaries

Salaries in Tampa.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.96x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$320,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$133,000

Telecom DevOps Engineer

Entry Level

$32,000

Data Entry Specialist

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Tampa, FL has a cost-of-living index of 0.96x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $320,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $133,000. Tampa's economy combines a strong financial services sector with growing tech, healthcare, and defense industries.

About the Tampa market

Tampa's economy combines a strong financial services sector with growing tech, healthcare, and defense industries. The city has attracted remote workers and corporate relocations seeking Florida's tax advantages. Tampa offers a favorable salary to cost of living ratio, with compensation levels that have risen significantly as the metro continues to grow.

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Top 50 salaries in Tampa

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Product$320,000$250,000 – $416,000
2Chief Security Officer$317,000$247,000 – $412,000
3Senior VP of Security$316,000$269,000 – $412,000
4SVP of Product$308,000$261,000 – $400,000
5SVP of Data$308,000$261,000 – $400,000
6Chief Strategy Officer$307,000$239,000 – $398,000
7VP of AI Engineering$303,000$258,000 – $393,000
8VP of Data$303,000$258,000 – $393,000
9VP of Core Engineering$303,000$258,000 – $393,000
10SVP of Engineering$302,000$256,000 – $392,000
11SVP of Technology$302,000$256,000 – $392,000
12VP of Data Science$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
13SVP of AI Innovation$299,000$253,000 – $388,000
14Chief Machine Learning Officer$297,000$231,000 – $386,000
15VP of Data Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
16VP of Platform Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
17VP of Analytics$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
18VP of Developer Experience$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
19VP of Risk$297,000$252,000 – $386,000
20VP of Information Security$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
21VP of Security Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
22VP of Quality$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
23VP of Cybersecurity$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
24SVP of Finance$296,000$252,000 – $384,000
25Chief AI Officer$295,000$219,000 – $380,000
26VP of Network Engineering$294,000$250,000 – $382,000
27Senior VP of Design$292,000$228,000 – $379,000
28Chief Commercial Officer$292,000$227,000 – $380,000
29VP of AI Research$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
30Chief Legal Officer$291,000$227,000 – $378,000
31Chief Architect$291,000$247,000 – $378,000
32VP of Support Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
33VP of Application Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
34VP of Site Reliability Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
35VP of AI$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
36VP of IT$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
37VP of Infrastructure$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
38VP of Partner Engineering$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
39VP of Solutions Engineering$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
40Chief Technology Officer$287,000$213,000 – $376,000
41Chief Transformation Officer$287,000$223,000 – $373,000
42Chief Data & AI Officer$286,000$213,000 – $373,000
43Chief Science Officer$286,000$223,000 – $371,000
44VP of Engineering$285,000$243,000 – $371,000
45VP of Finance$285,000$242,000 – $371,000
46VP of Cloud$285,000$243,000 – $371,000
47VP of Field Engineering$285,000$243,000 – $371,000
48VP of Reliability Engineering$285,000$243,000 – $371,000
49SVP of People$285,000$242,000 – $370,000
50SVP of Design$285,000$222,000 – $370,000

Tax considerations

Florida has no state income tax, which is Tampa's biggest compensation advantage. There are no local income taxes either. Property taxes and insurance costs are the main financial considerations.

Negotiating in Tampa

Frame your salary expectations against the no income tax benefit. Tampa employers know candidates are factoring in the tax savings, so be explicit about how it shapes your number.

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