Florida · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Florida

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Florida, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Florida had about 9,904,300 people on their payrolls across roughly 870,544 establishments, with average annual pay of $72,770.

Total employment in Florida grew 17.2% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 9,904,300. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Florida are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

9,904,300Employment, 2025
870,544Establishments
$72,770Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Florida	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	61,011	0.6%	0.78	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	4,244	0.0%	0.12	pub.
23	Construction	658,888	6.7%	1.23	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	427,004	4.3%	0.53	pub.
22	Utilities	33,296	0.3%	0.60	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	397,188	4.0%	1.03	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	1,151,775	11.6%	1.17	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	456,297	4.6%	0.95	pub.
51	Information	153,781	1.6%	0.81	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	459,517	4.6%	1.14	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	224,363	2.3%	1.44	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	765,343	7.7%	1.11	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	138,757	1.4%	0.84	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	718,767	7.3%	1.24	pub.
61	Educational Services	642,400	6.5%	0.76	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,451,115	14.6%	0.91	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	286,134	2.9%	1.48	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,070,081	10.8%	1.18	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	302,465	3.0%	1.01	pub.
92	Public Administration	495,042	5.0%	0.99	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	9,904,283	870,544	$72,770	0.7%	pub.
2024	9,836,491	881,921	$69,470	1.6%	pub.
2023	9,680,319	879,046	$66,435	3.4%	pub.
2022	9,358,228	851,834	$63,771	5.6%	pub.
2021	8,859,821	798,225	$60,276	4.9%	pub.
2020	8,447,956	746,409	$55,868	4.9%	pub.
2019	8,884,066	717,855	$51,741	2.1%	pub.
2018	8,700,653	690,555	$50,094	2.4%	pub.
2017	8,494,623	673,498	$48,455	2.2%	pub.
2016	8,309,351	658,093	$47,035	3.4%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Florida	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	694,312	7.0%	1.00
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	705,323	7.1%	1.07
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	293,218	3.0%	0.89
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	126,327	1.3%	0.76
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	57,063	0.6%	0.61
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	131,075	1.3%	0.78
23-0000	Legal occupations	110,926	1.1%	1.34
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	436,754	4.4%	0.75
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	138,509	1.4%	1.05
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	664,685	6.7%	1.07
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	335,329	3.4%	0.67
33-0000	Protective service occupations	269,458	2.7%	1.13
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	1,003,917	10.1%	1.16
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	339,933	3.4%	1.17
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	214,787	2.2%	1.04
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	1,042,742	10.5%	1.23
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	1,309,563	13.2%	1.12
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	15,159	0.1%	0.54
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	458,899	4.6%	1.12
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	415,417	4.2%	1.07
51-0000	Production occupations	312,108	3.1%	0.57
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	828,778	8.4%	0.95

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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