Current workforce statistics in Volusia County, Florida (numbers change after mid-month)*
 

Period

Civilian labor force

Total
employment

Total unemployment

Unemployment rate

July, 2008

259,468 241,430 18,038

7.0%


Labor force statistics for 2006
 

Volusia
County

State
of Florida

United
States

Civilian labor force

248,026

8,989,000

151,428,000

Employment

239,965

8,693,000

144,427,000

Unemployment

8,061 296,000 7,001,000

Unemployment rate

3.3% 3.3% 4.6%

Source: Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Labor Market Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Volusia County number of businesses by category in 2006

1. Construction 2,540
2. Retail trade 1,882
3. Professional, scientific and technical services 1,437
4. Other services (except public administration) 1,198
5. Health care and social assistance 1,064
6. Accommodation and food services 978
7. Admin. support, waste mgmt, remediation services 923
8. Real estate, rental and leasing 850
9. Finance and insurance 718
10. Wholesale trade 623
11. Manufacturing 436
12. Transportation and warehousing 253
13 Arts, entertainment and recreation 214
14. Information 148
15. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 140
16. Educational services 113
17. Public administration 101
18. Management of companies and enterprises 48
19. Unclassified 37
20. Utilities 22

Volusia County average wage by industry in 2006
     
1. Utilities $60,893
2. Management of companies and enterprises 58,550
3. Finance and insurance 43,918
4. Transportation and warehousing 41,115
5. Professional, scientific and technical services 40,667
7. Public administration 39,982
8. Wholesale trade 38,617
9. Manufacturing 38,199
10. Health care and social assistance 38,196
11. Educational services 37,546
12. Construction 34,984
13. Real estate, rental and leasing 34,647
14. Other services (except public administration) 26,770
15. Arts, entertainment and recreation 24,417
16. Unclassified 24,162
17. Retail trade 23,991
18. Admin. support, waste mgmt, remediation services 22,705
19. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 17,414
20. Accommodation and food services 14,396

Volusia County average monthly employment by industry in 2006
1. Retail trade

25,361

2. Health care and social assistance

24,721

3. Accommodation and food services 18,058
4. Educational services 15,204
5. Construction 14,841
6. Manufacturing 10,566
7. Admin. support, waste mgmt, remediation services 10,146
8. Public administration 10,099
9. Professional, scientific and technical services 7,108
10. Other services (except public administration) 6,360
11. Wholesale trade 4,546
12. Finance and insurance 4,151
13. Real estate, rental and leasing 3,524
14. Arts, entertainment and recreation 3,421
15. Information 2,825
16. Transportation and warehousing 2,702
17. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2,108
18. Management of companies and enterprises 887
20. Utilities 551
21. Unclassified 54


Source: Agency for Workforce Innovation, Labor Market Statistics, ES-202 Program, November 2007.
















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Telephone:
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Richard Michael
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