Miami's best paying jobs include energy, pharma, IT

By the numbers: Information technology followed closely behind, with an average salary of $77,000, according to Glassdoor's analysis of 10 industries.

• The average salary for the aerospace and defense industry was $73,000, followed by financial services at $71,000. Legal and management and consulting were both at $69,000.
• Construction and manufacturing saw an average salary of $66,000 and $64,000, respectively.
• The real estate industry reported the lowest average salary of $63,000.

Context: In Miami, energy, mining and utilities was the only industry category that outpaced the national average salary.

Big picture: While the average salaries reported by Glassdoor are above $60,000, over half of renters in Miami-Dade County earn below $50,000 a year, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.

• Half of the county's more than 936,000 households spent more than 30% of their income paying for their mortgage or rent between 2019 and 2021, the newspaper reported.