First-line supervisors of police and detectives job market in Florida

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose

A data-driven view of the industries that employ First-line supervisors of police and detectives in Florida.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitationEvidence record

Occupation pay

What First-line supervisors of police and detectives earn in Florida

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$100,880Florida
Middle 50% of published wages
$81,040 – $126,320
U.S. median annual wage
$106,040
Reference period
May 2025

The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around Florida

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for First-line supervisors of police and detectives, compared with the Florida median of $100,880.

Florida median$100,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$127,570+26.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$99,250 – $148,370Published employment2,740
Jacksonville, FL$123,290+22.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$95,680 – $123,290Published employment670
Port St. Lucie, FL$122,140+21.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$96,210 – $123,560Published employment150
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$114,400+13.4% vs. state
Middle 50%$100,880 – $124,480Published employment1,040
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$109,780+8.8% vs. state
Middle 50%$102,140 – $126,320Published employment290
Ocala, FL$105,210+4.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$97,900 – $120,800Published employment110
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Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$100,020−0.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$87,360 – $113,210Published employment180
Naples-Marco Island, FL$99,070−1.8% vs. state
Middle 50%$99,070 – $124,590Published employment210
Homosassa Springs, FL$98,640−2.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$87,360 – $126,630Published employment40
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$97,380−3.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$97,380 – $121,570Published employment380
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$97,180−3.7% vs. state
Middle 50%$77,960 – $114,470Published employment100
Gainesville, FL$96,270−4.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$78,330 – $105,450Published employment140
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$95,490−5.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$94,580 – $129,430Published employment60
Tallahassee, FL$92,860−8.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$80,620 – $106,890Published employment310
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$92,050−8.8% vs. state
Middle 50%$76,030 – $108,580Published employment240
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$81,170−19.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$76,740 – $100,410Published employment300
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$81,090−19.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$72,700 – $107,090Published employment140
Punta Gorda, FL$79,040−21.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$59,700 – $95,280Published employment160

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Florida median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in Florida’s weighted industry mix.

-0.2%Industry employmentFlorida industry employmentU.S. +0.3%vs. +0.3% U.S.
-0.3%Establishments in weighted industriesFlorida establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +0.5%vs. +0.5% U.S.
+2.7%Avg. weekly industry wageFlorida avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.8% · not occupation payvs. +2.8% U.S. · not occupation pay
-0.4 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.

Published coverage: 3,860 represented establishments, 92.38% of the published industry mix.

Latest interpretation

What stands out for first-line supervisors of police and detectives in Florida

The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.

Florida is tracking close to the U.S. employment benchmark

Employment across the industries associated with First-line supervisors of police and detectives changed -0.2% year over year in Florida, 0.4 percentage points below the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Occupation pay is close to the national median

The published median annual wage for First-line supervisors of police and detectives in Florida is $100,880, 4.9% below the U.S. median of $106,040.

BLS OEWS occupation pay

Employment and industry wages moved in opposite directions

Weighted-industry employment changed -0.2% while average weekly industry wages changed +2.7%. Industry wage growth is not occupation pay and does not explain the employment change.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.

Employment trends

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values
  • Florida · 2026 Q1-0.2%
  • U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%

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Quarterly Florida industry employment changes and coverage
QuarterFloridaCoverage
2024 Q2+3.0%100%
2024 Q3+2.7%100%
2024 Q4+0.9%100%
2025 Q1+0.2%100%
2025 Q2-0.2%100%
2025 Q3-0.9%100%
2025 Q4-0.6%100%
2026 Q1-0.2%100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows Florida’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters
8
Earliest quarter
2024 Q2
Latest quarter
2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark
+0.3%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where First-line supervisors of police and detectives Work

The occupation mix determines which Florida industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Florida First-line supervisors of police and detectives context
Industry groupOccupation mixEmployment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly industry wage
State and local92.3%+0.1%3,860$1,292
Federal4.1%-7.5%1,971$2,142
Private education and health services3.5%+2.1%113,483$1,338

Which industries are growing?

2 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive Florida employment change are listed.

  • Private education and health services+2.1%
  • State and local+0.1%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current Florida context

Current Florida Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in Florida. They are not First-line supervisors of police and detectives demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · Florida

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

107.0Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026
+7.0%Versus the February 2020 baseline
+1.2%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

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View values: Indeed postings index
Indeed postings index
Observation dateIndex (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jul 24, 2026105.35
Jul 31, 2026104.58
Aug 7, 2026103.98
Aug 14, 2026104.20
Aug 21, 2026104.74
Aug 28, 2026104.90
Sep 4, 2026104.92
Sep 11, 2026105.58
Sep 18, 2026105.52
Sep 25, 2026105.80
Oct 2, 2026106.56
Oct 9, 2026107.58
Oct 16, 2026107.28
Oct 23, 2026107.05

This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Statewide layoff notices

Statewide layoff-notice filings

Florida statewide

22 notices in this source

Notice dates from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.

What this means: These are statewide totals from notices dated in this period in Florida’s official tracking system. Reported positions are the counts published in those notices, not a count of people confirmed to have lost their jobs. No employer is identified.

Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. Florida’s state tracking system also records smaller Rapid Response events that fall below federal WARN thresholds, so it is not a list of federal WARN filings only.

FloridaCommerce (Department of Commerce) About WARN data

Source last checked

Career context

Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.

Questions answered by this release

First-line supervisors of police and detectives in Florida FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for First-line supervisors of police and detectives in Florida?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Florida industries weighted to First-line supervisors of police and detectives changed -0.2% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.

Are wages for First-line supervisors of police and detectives rising in Florida?

QCEW does not publish pay for First-line supervisors of police and detectives in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +2.7% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this Florida industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current First-line supervisors of police and detectives openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

Occupation
First-line supervisors of police and detectives
SOC code
33-1012
State
Florida
QCEW release label
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year
-0.2%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year
+0.3%
Difference from U.S. benchmark
-0.4 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Establishments, year over year
-0.3%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year
+2.7%State data coverage 100%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035
BLS publication date
Aug 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
Canonical record URL
https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/first-line-supervisors-of-police-and-detectives/florida#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.

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