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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Palm Bay

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 174 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 5, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palm Bay · Brevard County · Florida · United States · World
+1.5 pp since 2014
Palm Bay Brevard County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
Palm Bay
60.2%
Florida
59.8%
World
61.0% · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Palm Bay · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 60.2% · 2024
First value 60.8% · 2013
Highest 60.8% · 2013
Lowest 56.4% · 2018
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalm BayChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 60.2% −0.5 pp 56.7% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 60.7% +1.7 pp 56.7% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 59.0% +0.0 pp 56.2% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 58.9% +0.9 pp 55.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 58.0% +0.9 pp 55.4% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 57.1% +0.7 pp 54.5% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 56.4% −0.8 pp 54.4% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 57.2% +0.0 pp 54.7% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 57.2% −0.3 pp 55.2% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 57.5% −1.2 pp 56.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 58.7% −2.1 pp 56.6% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 60.8% 57.3% 60.1% — 62.0%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
167 Alva 59.8%
356 Anna Maria 34.9%
222 Apalachicola 55.5%
67 Apollo Beach 66.0%
80 Atlantic Beach 65.4%
319 Atlantis 44.1%
204 Aventura 56.2%
109 Bagdad 63.9%
313 Bal Harbour 45.6%
44 Baldwin 67.8%
16 Bay Harbor Islands 70.4%
243 Bay Pines 53.4%
301 Bayonet Point 48.0%
201 Bayshore Gardens 56.5%
220 Bell 55.6%
223 Belle Glade 55.4%
275 Belleair 50.5%
332 Belleair Beach 42.0%
258 Belleair Bluffs 52.2%
121 Bellview 63.4%
303 Beverly Hills 47.5%
207 Big Pine Key 56.1%
4 Biscayne Park 75.1%
120 Bloomingdale 63.5%
187 Boca Raton 58.1%
…
321 Osprey 43.7%
130 Pace 62.4%
282 Pahokee 49.9%
194 Palm Bay 57.1%
364 Palm Beach 33.0%
192 Palm Beach Gardens 57.1%
234 Palm Beach Shores 54.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

What it means

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.