# Counties in Florida by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 67 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County | 1,276,535 |
| 2 | Orange County | 954,330 |
| 3 | Broward County | 863,595 |
| 4 | Hillsborough County | 795,729 |
| 5 | Palm Beach County | 670,798 |
| 6 | Duval County | 561,407 |
| 7 | Pinellas County | 441,425 |
| 8 | Lee County | 301,860 |
| 9 | Polk County | 264,981 |
| 10 | Brevard County | 243,568 |
| 11 | Seminole County | 214,336 |
| 12 | Sarasota County | 194,499 |
| 13 | Volusia County | 189,494 |
| 14 | Collier County | 172,466 |
| 15 | Leon County | 165,372 |
| 16 | Pasco County | 150,334 |
| 17 | Escambia County | 146,971 |
| 18 | Manatee County | 146,007 |
| 19 | Alachua County | 140,869 |
| 20 | Marion County | 121,921 |
| 21 | Lake County | 118,622 |
| 22 | Osceola County | 117,799 |
| 23 | St. Johns County | 100,949 |
| 24 | St. Lucie County | 92,116 |
| 25 | Okaloosa County | 89,542 |
| 26 | Bay County | 83,251 |
| 27 | Martin County | 77,918 |
| 28 | Clay County | 57,660 |
| 29 | Indian River County | 57,576 |
| 30 | Charlotte County | 57,200 |
| 31 | Hernando County | 50,575 |
| 32 | Monroe County | 47,299 |
| 33 | Santa Rosa County | 44,562 |
| 34 | Sumter County | 41,918 |
| 35 | Walton County | 35,416 |
| 36 | Citrus County | 35,256 |
| 37 | Highlands County | 28,704 |
| 38 | Flagler County | 28,593 |
| 39 | Nassau County | 27,745 |
| 40 | Columbia County | 24,847 |
| 41 | Putnam County | 17,617 |
| 42 | Gadsden County | 15,415 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 14,429 |
| 44 | Hendry County | 12,747 |
| 45 | Okeechobee County | 12,437 |
| 46 | Suwannee County | 11,824 |
| 47 | DeSoto County | 9,848 |
| 48 | Bradford County | 9,673 |
| 49 | Levy County | 9,070 |
| 50 | Baker County | 7,471 |
| 51 | Hardee County | 7,202 |
| 52 | Wakulla County | 6,714 |
| 53 | Washington County | 6,397 |
| 54 | Taylor County | 5,450 |
| 55 | Madison County | 4,960 |
| 56 | Gulf County | 4,597 |
| 57 | Gilchrist County | 3,833 |
| 58 | Holmes County | 3,634 |
| 59 | Union County | 3,536 |
| 60 | Franklin County | 3,504 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 3,247 |
| 62 | Hamilton County | 3,165 |
| 63 | Dixie County | 2,989 |
| 64 | Jefferson County | 2,961 |
| 65 | Glades County | 2,232 |
| 66 | Liberty County | 1,908 |
| 67 | Lafayette County | 1,433 |