Services indexed
7
Hourly range, avg
$33–$54/hr
Tampa median
$44/hr
Most affordable: House Cleaning · Premium: Hvac
Tampa indexes 7 services across 4 categories, with hourly rates spanning $25/hr (House Cleaning) to $70/hr (Hvac). The city median of $44/hr runs 49% below the national average across all indexed cities. Outdoor & Landscaping is the largest service block here (3 of 7 services).
Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 wage data adjusted for Tampa cost of living. Read the methodology.
Tampa painter rates $33-$56/hr (avg $44). Hyde Park to Westchase, Hillsborough County painter license, and how Gulf sun shortens exterior cycles.
Read articleTampa roofer rates $35-$58/hr (avg $46). Hurricane permits, FBC wind code, 25% rule, tile vs asphalt, insurance roof-age pressure, neighborhood breakdown.
Read articleTampa power washing runs $25-$42/hr (avg $34). House wash, roof soft-wash, and lanai pricing by neighborhood, plus EPA stormwater rules.
Read articleTampa solar rates $38-$63/hr (avg $50). Per-watt pricing, TECO interconnection, FL sales-tax exemption, hurricane wind-load, Hillsborough permit reality.
Read articleTampa tree service rates run $30-$51/hr (avg $40). Neighborhood breakdown, Grand Tree permits, hurricane prep pricing, and live oak removal notes.
Read articleAcross the 7 home and professional services we index in Tampa, the median consumer rate is $44/hr. Hourly rates span $33/hr at the affordable end to $54/hr at the premium end, depending on service type and contractor.
Hvac carries the highest typical rate in Tampa at $42.07–$70.12/hr. Premium professional and licensed services consistently command the highest rates across our index.
House Cleaning sits at the lower end of the Tampa index at $25.19–$41.98/hr. Routine maintenance and cleaning categories typically cluster at the bottom of any city's price spread.
Tampa is 49% 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.
Outdoor & Landscaping has the most indexed services in Tampa (3 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