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Tourism Statistics · Region

Leisure & hospitality jobs in Florida

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

Leisure & hospitality jobs, 2014 – 2025 number
+18% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

Compared with Leisure & hospitality jobs · number
Florida 1.3M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

The series at a glance Florida · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 1,335,780 · 2025
First value 1,083,505 · 2014
Highest 1,335,780 · 2025
Lowest 1,007,574 · 2020
Average change +1.9% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearFloridaChange United States
2025 1,335,780 +1.3% 17M
2024 1,318,068 +1.9% 17M
2023 1,293,558 +4.5% 16M
2022 1,238,199 +10% 16M
2021 1,122,082 +11% 14M
2020 1,007,574 −20% 13M
2019 1,257,201 +2.5% 16M
2018 1,226,786 +2.4% 16M
2017 1,198,478 +2.1% 16M
2016 1,173,593 +3.7% 16M
2015 1,132,088 +4.5% 15M
2014 1,083,505 15M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

What it means

Jobs in hotels, restaurants, bars, attractions, arts and recreation — the tourism economy.

How it is calculated

Average private-sector employment in the leisure and hospitality industries.