What Florida's 67 counties pay

Florida's 645,575 business establishments employed 9,988,508 people in March 2023 and paid them $599.44 billion over the year — an average of $60,013 a worker. Where you work matters: average pay runs from $34,265 in Lafayette County to $73,675 in Hamilton County.

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Only 6 of 67 counties pay above the Florida average. 36 average between $40,000 and $50,000 a year.

Each circle is a county, placed by its average annual pay (annual payroll ÷ employees) and sized by its number of jobs. Darker circles pay at or above the state average.

Florida average $60,013Middle county $46,815

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Every county has a profile: its industries, how its pay compares, and the counties most like it.

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$34,265Average annual pay$73,675

Alachua$53,632
Baker$45,207
Bay$48,032
Bradford$41,577
Brevard$57,834
Broward$61,265
Calhoun$36,138
Charlotte$47,625
Citrus$42,974
Clay$45,769
Collier$58,454
Columbia$51,200
DeSoto$44,898
Dixie$38,583
Duval$64,686
Escambia$55,193
Flagler$43,544
Franklin$38,021
Gadsden$49,917
Gilchrist$44,119
Glades$49,117
Gulf$40,034
Hamilton$73,675
Hardee$45,142
Hendry$44,423
Hernando$43,382
Highlands$42,317
Hillsborough$67,804
Holmes$37,832
Indian River$50,711
Jackson$41,286
Jefferson$42,582
Lafayette$34,265
Lake$44,837
Lee$55,417
Leon$55,496
Levy$37,154
Liberty$46,848
Madison$39,869
Manatee$50,618
Marion$47,273
Martin$49,617
Miami-Dade$67,834
Monroe$48,056
Nassau$45,541
Okaloosa$49,784
Okeechobee$42,496
Orange$58,345
Osceola$41,059
Palm Beach$66,342
Pasco$46,815
Pinellas$59,991
Polk$50,155
Putnam$43,701
Santa Rosa$41,502
Sarasota$55,765
Seminole$58,649
St. Johns$50,478
St. Lucie$46,147
Sumter$50,260
Suwannee$40,769
Taylor$47,594
Union$46,431
Volusia$45,852
Wakulla$39,989
Walton$50,250
Washington$40,487

The largest county economies

Employees in mid-March 2023. The five largest counties hold 39.7% of Florida's jobs.

County	Employees	Avg pay	Share of Florida jobs
Miami-Dade County	Jobs1,055,440	Avg pay$67,834	Share of FL jobs10.6%
Orange County	Jobs842,028	Avg pay$58,345	Share of FL jobs8.4%
Broward County	Jobs780,632	Avg pay$61,265	Share of FL jobs7.8%
Hillsborough County	Jobs697,689	Avg pay$67,804	Share of FL jobs7.0%
Palm Beach County	Jobs592,227	Avg pay$66,342	Share of FL jobs5.9%
Duval County	Jobs508,104	Avg pay$64,686	Share of FL jobs5.1%
Pinellas County	Jobs425,004	Avg pay$59,991	Share of FL jobs4.3%
Lee County	Jobs264,855	Avg pay$55,417	Share of FL jobs2.7%
Polk County	Jobs232,278	Avg pay$50,155	Share of FL jobs2.3%
Brevard County	Jobs205,503	Avg pay$57,834	Share of FL jobs2.1%

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Where Florida's paychecks come from

All 9,988,508 jobs statewide, by industry: width is jobs, height is average pay. Retail, hotels and restaurants employ many people at low pay; finance, information and management of companies employ far fewer at about 1.7 times the average.

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Job growth since 2019

Florida had 12.7% more jobs in March 2023 than in March 2019. The fastest- and slowest-growing counties:

Fastest

Gulf+64.3%
Glades+37.5%
Dixie+35.6%
Jefferson+27.0%
St. Johns+23.9%
Flagler+21.8%
Walton+20.5%
Holmes+19.8%

Slowest

Calhoun−5.9%
Washington−3.5%
Union−1.4%
Taylor+0.5%
Jackson+2.0%
Okaloosa+2.5%
Citrus+2.8%
Alachua+3.1%

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One in five Florida jobs has no county

The Census Bureau counts 1,927,806 Florida employees (19.3%) “statewide” — mostly in administrative and support services and in finance and insurance — without placing them in a county. They are in the Florida totals above but on no county page, so county comparisons use the 67 counties combined. More in the methodology.