Services indexed
12
Hourly range, avg
$41–$69/hr
Jacksonville median
$55/hr
Most affordable: House Cleaning · Premium: Surveyor
Jacksonville indexes 12 services across 5 categories, with hourly rates spanning $23/hr (House Cleaning) to $121/hr (Surveyor). The city median of $55/hr runs 36% below the national average across all indexed cities. Construction is the largest service block here (6 of 12 services).
Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 wage data adjusted for Jacksonville cost of living. Read the methodology.
Jacksonville waterproofing rates $46-$77/hr (avg $62). Crawlspace encapsulation, French drains, sump pumps, and how 1920s Riverside changes pricing.
Read articleJacksonville carpenter rates run $37-$62/hr (avg $49). Neighborhood breakdown, Duval permits, Avondale millwork, and salt-spec coastal framing.
Read articleJacksonville concrete rates $37-$62/hr (avg $49). Driveway, pool deck, and seawall pricing, FBC wind-load permits, salt-spec rebar at the Beaches.
Read articleJacksonville foundation repair $53-$88/hr (avg $70). St Johns muck soils, helical pier pricing, FL DBPR CBC licensing, neighborhood breakdown.
Read articleJacksonville painter rates run $35-$59/hr (avg $47). Neighborhood breakdown, Duval County licensing, historic district rules, salt-air repaint cycles.
Read articleJacksonville surveyor rates $73-$121/hr (avg $97). Boundary, elevation cert, ALTA pricing, FL PSM licensing, and how flood zones change quotes.
Read articleJacksonville lawn care rates run $27-$45/hr (avg $36). Neighborhood breakdown, FDACS licensing, chinch bug overlays, HOA-heavy Mandarin pricing.
Read articleJacksonville power washing rates $23-$39/hr (avg $31). Neighborhood breakdown, soft-wash vs pressure rules, Duval BTR, salt-air and algae premiums.
Read articleJacksonville septic rates $50-$83/hr (avg $66). Florida DOH OSTDS permits, Duval/Clay/Nassau county rules, high water table and ATU pricing.
Read articleAcross the 12 home and professional services we index in Jacksonville, the median consumer rate is $55/hr. Hourly rates span $41/hr at the affordable end to $69/hr at the premium end, depending on service type and contractor.
Surveyor carries the highest typical rate in Jacksonville at $72.6–$121/hr. Premium professional and licensed services consistently command the highest rates across our index.
House Cleaning sits at the lower end of the Jacksonville index at $23.24–$38.73/hr. Routine maintenance and cleaning categories typically cluster at the bottom of any city's price spread.
Jacksonville is 36% below the national average of $86/hr across our 49-city corpus. Local wage data and cost of living drive most of this difference — see the geographic precision note for the underlying data.
Construction has the most indexed services in Jacksonville (6 guides), reflecting both local demand and the breadth of BLS wage data available for that segment.
Consumer-facing rates. We apply industry-standard 1.5–2.5× multipliers to BLS hourly wages to account for business overhead, insurance, licensing, employer costs, and profit margin. The full calculation is documented in the methodology.
Pricing reflects the BLS OEWS May 2024 release. The next refresh lands when May 2025 data is published in April 2026. Cadence is documented in the update schedule.
Data: BLS OEWS May 2024 · Methodology · Last refreshed January 2026