Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Job Growth

There were 215,200 jobs in Palm Bay, Florida in April 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 234,431 employed persons for the month. Palm Bay lost 17,300 jobs in April 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 38,440 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Palm Bay job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	215,200	-17,300	-15,000
CPS	234,431	-38,440	-37,491

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

Palm Bay, Florida Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay, Florida

CES employment for Palm Bay peaked in December 2019 at 234,400. Since then 19,200 jobs have been lost in Palm Bay according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 280,822 for Palm Bay in December 2019. 46,391 jobs have been lost in Palm Bay since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Palm Bay, Florida Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2020	215,200	-17,300	234,431	-38,440
March 2020	232,500	-900	272,871	-6,867
February 2020	233,400	-900	279,738	263
January 2020	234,300	-100	279,475	-1,347
December 2019	234,400	300	280,822	824
November 2019	234,100	600	279,998	1,091
October 2019	233,500	1,000	278,907	1,281
September 2019	232,500	-600	277,626	1,424
August 2019	233,100	1,000	276,202	1,449
July 2019	232,100	800	274,753	1,273
June 2019	231,300	400	273,480	953
May 2019	230,900	700	272,527	605