Jacksonville, Florida Job Growth

There were 713,200 jobs in Jacksonville, Florida in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 755,500 employed persons for the month. Jacksonville lost 100 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 180 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Jacksonville job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	713,200	-100	+15,100
CPS	755,500	+180	+14,257

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 August 2018 at 714,800. Since then 1,600 jobs have been lost in Jacksonville according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 756,859 for Jacksonville in July 2018. 1,359 jobs have been lost in Jacksonville since then according to the household survey. From a August 2018 low of 753,888, Jacksonville has added 1,612 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Jacksonville, Florida Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	713,200	-100	755,500	180
September 2018	713,300	-1,500	755,320	1,432
August 2018	714,800	1,400	753,888	-2,971
July 2018	713,400	1,900	756,859	1,736
June 2018	711,500	2,500	755,123	3,316
May 2018	709,000	1,900	751,807	3,424
April 2018	707,100	3,500	748,383	-160
March 2018	703,600	1,900	748,543	-199
February 2018	701,700	1,700	748,742	3,549
January 2018	700,000	500	745,193	1,281
December 2017	699,500	400	743,912	1,611
November 2017	699,100	1,000	742,301	1,058