What Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents earn in Pinellas County, FL
If you are weighing a move or a job offer, start with $69,160: the median annual pay for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Pinellas County, FL. Spread over a standard 2,080-hour work year, that is $33.25 an hour. Because the wage survey covers the whole Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area, the number reflects employers across the region rather than a single town or a single company.
The mean wage is $85,650, which is 23.8% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 6,950 people working in this occupation across the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Pinellas County, FL has roughly 963,481 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $47,920 a year ($23.04 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $130,180 or more ($62.59 an hour). That is a gap of $82,260 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $50,820 at the 25th percentile and $108,180 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.7 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $33.25 an hour or $69,160 a year at the median for Pinellas County, FL. Before any deductions, that is $5,763 a month, $2,660 every two weeks and $1,330 each week. After taxes the same job pays $27.50 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents this way: "Buy and sell securities or commodities in investment and trading firms, or provide financial services to businesses and individuals. May advise customers about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, and market conditions."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Make bids or offers to buy or sell securities"; "Monitor markets or positions"; "Agree on buying or selling prices at optimal levels for clients"; "Keep accurate records of transactions".
Job outlook for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 531,000 jobs in 2025 to 538,500 in 2035, a change of +1.4%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 35,100 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 6.6% of current employment each year. About 6.0% of the people in this occupation are self-employed, and wage figures cover wage and salary workers only.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: moderate-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $78,660 for this occupation; the Pinellas County, FL median of $69,160 is 12.1% below it.
How pay in Pinellas County, FL compares
Compared with the Florida average
A worker in this occupation in Pinellas County, FL earns $4,571 more than the Florida average of $64,589, a premium of 7.1%. Over a year that premium is worth $4,571 before tax and roughly $3,781 after tax. Within Florida, Pinellas County, FL already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents is $86,483 across the contiguous United States. At $69,160, Pinellas County, FL pays $17,323 less, which is 20.0% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Pinellas County, FL
Among the 544 occupations with published wages in Pinellas County, FL, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents ranks number 165 by median pay, ahead of about 70% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Financial Managers at $157,480 a year, which is $88,320 more than the median for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents earning the Pinellas County, FL median of $69,160, they add up to $11,955. The result is $57,205 of take-home pay a year ($4,767 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $17 goes to taxes and $83 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 17.3%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $53,410. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 22% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $6,664, an effective 9.6% of gross pay, well below the 22% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $4,288 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $1,003. FICA totals $5,291, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Florida
Florida does not tax wage income, so the state income tax line for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Pinellas County, FL is $0. That alone leaves more in the paycheck than the same salary would in a state with an income tax. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $3,458 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $288 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Pinellas County, FL
IRS Statistics of Income data for Pinellas County, FL show an average adjusted gross income of $101,354 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 15.9% across all filers. Filers in the $50,000 to under $75,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 7.8%, compared with the 9.6% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Pinellas County, FL
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Pinellas County, FL: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $57,205 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Pinellas County, FL, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $1,648 a month ($19,776 a year), and at $1,917 for two bedrooms. For Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, a one-bedroom absorbs 34.6% of take-home pay and 28.6% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 5.0% of gross pay for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Pinellas County, FL. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Florida residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,494 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $1,005, for $2,498 in total. Gasoline in Florida averages $3.08 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,427.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $27,138 a year in Pinellas County, FL. Subtract that from $57,205 of take-home pay and $30,068 remains, which is $2,506 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 43.5% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Pinellas County, FL
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Pinellas County, FL: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Pinellas County, FL, set beside the Florida and national medians.
Property taxes in Pinellas County, FL
Homeowners in Pinellas County, FL pay a median of $2,474 a year in real estate taxes, 9% below the Florida median of $2,730 and 21% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $355,100, the median tax bill is 0.70% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $69,160, a tax bill of that size would equal 3.6% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Pinellas County, FL
Renters in Pinellas County, FL pay a median gross rent of $1,642 a month in the Census survey, 2% below the Florida median of $1,669. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,648 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $355,100, 1% below the Florida median of $359,000. Median household income is $72,646, 3% below the Florida median of $74,568, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 27.2% of that income.
Commuting in Pinellas County, FL
Workers in Pinellas County, FL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.2 minutes each way, 10% below the Florida average of 28.0. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.2 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 20.0% of workers in Pinellas County, FL work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents afford to live in Pinellas County, FL?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $69,160 that ceiling is $1,729 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,648 is $81 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $31.69 an hour; the median for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents is $33.25, which is 5% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $27.50 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 13.8 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,917 a month means $959 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $8,274 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $38,342.
How fast you can save
At $2,506 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 4 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 8 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents pay in Pinellas County, FL
How much do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents make per hour in Pinellas County, FL?
The median is $33.25 per hour, based on $69,160 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $23.04 at the 10th percentile to $62.59 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents take home after taxes in Pinellas County, FL?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $69,160 becomes $57,205 a year. That is $4,767 a month, $2,200 every two weeks or $1,100 a week.
How much tax do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents pay in Pinellas County, FL?
Total taxes are $11,955 a year, an effective rate of 17.3%: $6,664 federal income tax, $5,291 FICA and no Florida income tax.
Do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents earn more in Pinellas County, FL than elsewhere in Florida?
Yes. The local median of $69,160 is +7.1% versus the Florida average of $64,589, a difference of $4,571 a year.
Can Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents afford a one-bedroom apartment in Pinellas County, FL?
A one-bedroom costs $1,648 a month against take-home pay of $4,767, which is 34.6% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,729 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Pinellas County, FL?
About $2,506 a month ($30,068 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $27,138 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Pinellas County, FL at the 30% guideline?
$31.69 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $19,776 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents is $33.25.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Florida rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.