Florida Job Growth

There were 8,847,300 jobs in Florida in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 9,900,637 employed persons for the month. Florida added 17,800 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 18,660 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). Also available is Florida job growth compared to other states.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	8,847,300	+17,800	+232,600
CPS	9,900,637	+18,660	+157,134

Florida Employment Changes

The charts below shows the monthly job growth for Florida as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment in Florida

CES employment in October 2018 for Florida is at a new high of 8,847,300.

CPS employment in Florida for October 2018 is at a new high of 9,900,637.

Employment: CES, CPS

Florida Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	8,847,300	17,800	9,900,637	18,660
September 2018	8,829,500	4,000	9,881,977	14,010
August 2018	8,825,500	23,800	9,867,967	4,101
July 2018	8,801,700	28,400	9,863,866	17,777
June 2018	8,773,300	28,200	9,846,089	19,976
May 2018	8,745,100	13,400	9,826,113	19,254
April 2018	8,731,700	10,900	9,806,859	13,883
March 2018	8,720,800	17,800	9,792,976	14,920
February 2018	8,703,000	30,300	9,778,056	23,647
January 2018	8,672,700	12,700	9,754,409	13,248
December 2017	8,660,000	28,600	9,741,161	-2,221
November 2017	8,631,400	16,700	9,743,382	-121