Covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County was 670,798 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 67 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs670,798

Change on 2024+0.6%

Rank5th of 67Counties in Florida ranked

Series high670,7982025

Series low487,8912010

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County, 2001 to 2025

jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.

All 25 values

Period	jobs
2025	670,798
2024	666,889
2023	658,485
2022	636,903
2021	607,281
2020	579,563
2019	616,001
2018	606,403
2017	596,686
2016	584,989
2015	565,660
2014	543,731
2013	523,655
2012	505,914
2011	494,030
2010	487,891
2009	495,845
2008	530,703
2007	560,215
2006	562,218
2005	546,818
2004	519,612
2003	507,836
2002	504,392
2001	499,688

Compared with Florida and United States

Place	2025
Palm Beach County	670,798
Florida	9,914,411
United States	155,732,363

Palm Beach County compared with nearby places

Under 10K
10K to 40K
40K to 100K
100K to 190K
190K and over

Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. Palm Beach County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by covered employment (QCEW) 51 places
Counties in Florida by covered employment (QCEW) 67 places

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Palm Beach County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Palm Beach County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/palm-beach-county-florida. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Palm Beach County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/palm-beach-county-florida.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Palm Beach County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/palm-beach-county-florida (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County was 670,798 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 67 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Palm Beach County?

670,798 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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