Jobs in Melbourne, FL
650 active postings tracked in Melbourne, FL · collapsed to 547 roles.
Melbourne, FL Job Market Score
- Net hiring is positive (+125 this week — 129 added vs 4 removed)
- Few reposted listings (16% appear duplicated)
- Most postings refresh within a month (21% open 30+ days)
Melbourne, FL job market overview (May 2026)
The Melbourne, FL job market is currently stable, with active hiring with relatively fresh postings. Out of 650 active job postings tracked here, 21% have been open for more than 30 days. Hiring is concentrated in engineering and store supervisor / manager, with manufacturing as the leading sector.
- 21% of postings in Melbourne, FL have been open for more than 30 days, which may indicate slower hiring or reposted positions.
- 129 new postings have appeared this week — about 20% of currently-active listings.
- Half of active postings here have been open 15 days or fewer. The longest 10% have been open for 301+ days.
- 6% of postings list a salary range (41 of 650).
- Median advertised salary among annual-pay roles is $106k.
- The most active employers right now are Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, and Costco.
What this means for job seekers
- Postings move quickly — apply soon after a role appears.
- Best opportunities are in engineering and store supervisor / manager.
- Many employers don't list salary — be ready to ask early.
Melbourne, FL job market
Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Melbourne, FL.
- 650Active postings
- 129Posted this week
- 134Open 30+ days21% of active
- 9Remote / hybrid1% of active
- 6%List salary41 of 650
- 17%Hourly7 of disclosed
- $106kMedian annual (max)
- $20.82/hrMedian hourly (max)
- 15dMedian agep90 301d (long tail)
Wages by category
Wages by occupation (SOC)
Wages by employment type
Wages by sector
Top categories
- Engineering59
- Store Supervisor / Manager29
- Retail Associate26
- Crew / Cashier24
- DevOps / SRE15
- Cook / Kitchen12
Top occupations (SOC)
- Software Developers132
- Managers, All Other58
- Management Analysts47
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers13
- Fast Food and Counter Workers13
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators11
Top sectors
- Manufacturing396
- Government / Public Sector326
- Retail143
- Food Service / Restaurants84
- Technology76
- Consumer Goods28
Employment mix
- Unspecified597 · 92%
- Part-time25 · 4%
- Contract14 · 2%
- Full-time7 · 1%
- Intern6 · 1%
- Temporary1 · 0%
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Recent postings
- Sr. Principal Survivability Engineer (Level 4)× 2 openings
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
most recent posted 2 weeks ago
- Cyber Systems Engineer / Principal Cyber Systems EngineerEngineering
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Survivability Engineer (Level 2)
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Staff Survivability Engineer (Level 5)
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Principal Systems Engineer / Sr Principal Systems EngineerEngineering× 2 openings
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
most recent posted 2 weeks ago
- Software Engineering Manager 2 (Software Assurance Architecture)Engineering Manager
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
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Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Software Engineering Manager 2 (Modeling & Simulation)Engineering Manager
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Sr Principal Engineer Systems× 2 openings
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
most recent posted 2 weeks ago
- Software System Safety Engineer
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Principal Systems Engineer / Sr. Principal Systems EngineerEngineering
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, Florida · jobs.northropgrumman.com
posted 2 weeks ago