Rank #17 of 33
Tampa, FL
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
9.6
Tacos per hour at the local median wage
$2.39
Avg taco price
$22.94
Median hourly wage (2024)
$2.79
Fast-casual taqueria
$1.99
Taco Bell crunchy taco
Tampa sits above the national average. An hour of local work buys 9.6 tacos here, compared with 9.3 tacos per hour across the 33-city index (+0.3 vs national average).
Local note
Tampa's taco scene includes both Florida's typical food-truck operators and a growing set of brick-and-mortar taquerias, particularly in Plant City, Town 'N' Country, and East Tampa. Standard pricing tracks closely to Orlando, with most tacos landing well under $3.
Where the numbers come from
Fast-casual: Tacos Gone Mobile ($2.39 regular corn-tortilla taco across multiple Tampa locations), Lolis Tacos, La Taqueria el Nopal. Chain: Taco Bell crunchy taco $1.99 (national avg).
Average taco price ($2.39) is $0.38 below the national average of $2.77.
How this is calculated. Tacos per hour = median hourly wage ÷ average taco price.
Average taco price is the mean of the fast-casual taqueria anchor and the local Taco Bell crunchy taco price.
Wages come from BLS OEWS, May 2024, MSA-level median for all occupations.
Full methodology.