Jacksonville, Florida Job Growth

There were 734,200 jobs in Jacksonville, Florida in March 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 753,919 employed persons for the month. Jacksonville lost 6,000 jobs in March 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 22,639 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Jacksonville job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	March 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	734,200	-6,000	+15,700
CPS	753,919	-22,639	+2,840

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Jacksonville, Florida Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Jacksonville 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 for Jacksonville, Florida

CES employment for Jacksonville peaked in February 2020 at 740,200. Since then 6,000 jobs have been lost in Jacksonville according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 777,282 for Jacksonville in December 2019. 23,363 jobs have been lost in Jacksonville since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Jacksonville, Florida Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
March 2020	734,200	-6,000	753,919	-22,639
February 2020	740,200	200	776,558	2,384
January 2020	740,000	5,000	774,174	-3,108
December 2019	735,000	-100	777,282	2,499
November 2019	735,100	-900	774,783	3,174
October 2019	736,000	9,300	771,609	3,651
September 2019	726,700	700	767,958	4,024
August 2019	726,000	1,300	763,934	4,121
July 2019	724,700	2,100	759,813	3,651
June 2019	722,600	1,500	756,162	2,733
May 2019	721,100	1,700	753,429	1,627
April 2019	719,400	900	751,802	723