North Fort Myers, FL (population: 51,280) has twenty-eight tax schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of South Florida, the highest ranked school in this group with a tax program, has a total student population of 40,022. It is the 138th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Tax students from North Fort Myers schools who go on to become tax preparers, accountants, tax accountants, tax specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 61,130 people working as tax preparers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $36,060. Also, Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents make on average $53,800 per year and there are about 69,500 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area alone, there are 130 employed tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents earning an average salary of $51,370. Tax preparers in this area earn $26,500/yr and there are ** employed.
North Fort Myers lies in Lee county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area has 201,370 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 5% unemployment rate, $18/hr average worker wage, and a $38,330 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in North Fort Myers are held by tax preparers, and 1/1000 are held by tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents.
Of the 28 tax schools with a 100-mile radius of North Fort Myers, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-West Florida Campus comes out as the most expensive ($24,576/yr) for tax students, with Sarasota County Technical Institute as the lowest, reported at only $2,150/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from North Fort Myers |
Fort Myers | FL | 68,373 | 7 | 23.467 | 192 | 6.1 miles |
Cape Coral | FL | 161,428 | 1 | 26.0313 | 32 | 8.3 miles |
Port Charlotte | FL | 49,392 | 1 | 23.17 | 24 | 23.7 miles |
Bonita Springs | FL | 44,290 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.3 miles |
North Port | FL | 58,777 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.9 miles |
Naples | FL | - | 4 | 7.38552 | 63 | 39.7 miles |
Sarasota | FL | 52,304 | 9 | 24.2015 | 68 | 59.6 miles |
Bradenton | FL | 54,123 | 4 | 19.43 | 124 | 68.7 miles |
Saint Petersburg | FL | 243,829 | 7 | 28.1391 | 139 | 86.0 miles |
Brandon | FL | 91,683 | 0 | - | 0 | 87.9 miles |
Lakeland | FL | 95,327 | 5 | 27.1628 | 186 | 92.1 miles |
Tampa | FL | 351,091 | 21 | 26.1721 | 513 | 93.8 miles |
Pinellas Park | FL | 46,971 | 2 | 19.8178 | 18 | 94.2 miles |
Largo | FL | 71,859 | 6 | 16.9483 | 118 | 99.4 miles |