Orlando, FL
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Orlando ranks 156th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 111th for income. A household earns $81,044 a year while median rent runs $1,877/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is education (91st of 300), while rent is the soft spot (275th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 275th and home prices 221st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Orlando, your take-home is worth about $60,456 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 111th of 300↑31%$81,044
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 246th of 300101 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $79,911
- Per-capita income
- $41,069
- Full-time pay
- $42,497
Housing
- Median rent
- 275th of 300↑44.1%$1,877/mo
- Home value
- 221st of 300↑60.2%$409,400
- Property tax
- $3,012/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 189th of 3004.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 91st of 30038.5%
- Avg commute
- 267th of 30029 min
People
- Population
- 2,940,513
- Population change
- +12.7%
- Median age
- 38.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 23%
- Broadband
- 95.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 116th of 30044
- Natural-hazard loss
- 160th of 300$13/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 157th of 30018.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 16.5%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Education
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — orlando intl ap.
What jobs pay in Orlando
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $171,210
- Financial managers
- $140,850
- Lawyers
- $136,970
- Pharmacists
- $135,010
- Software developers
- $129,620
- Family medicine physicians
- $116,320
- Civil engineers
- $100,740
- General & operations managers
- $100,440
- Web developers
- $83,820
- Registered nurses
- $83,550
- Accountants & auditors
- $78,630
- Police officers
- $63,010
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,540
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,190
- Plumbers
- $55,380
- Electricians
- $50,820
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $50,250
- Carpenters
- $49,750
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,060
- Construction laborers
- $40,880
- Customer service reps
- $40,530
- Waiters & waitresses
- $35,410
- Janitors
- $34,590
- Retail salespersons
- $32,290
- Cashiers
- $31,330
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Orlando metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- New York12,291
- Georgia5,253
- Texas4,288
- Pennsylvania4,175
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Orlando metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Orlando metro?
- Median gross rent across the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area is $1,877 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Orlando.
- What is the median household income in the Orlando metro?
- A typical household in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area earns $81,044 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Orlando expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area runs about 1% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Orlando metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $79,911 (versus its face value of $81,044). CityLedger rates the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Orlando metro?
- The median home value across the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area is $409,400 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Orlando metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area is 4.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).