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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area

Jobs in Bay County

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 26 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Jobs, 2014 – 2025 number
+9.3% since 2015

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

Compared with Jobs · number
Bay County 83,251
Florida 9.9M

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

The series at a glance Bay County · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 83,251 · 2025
First value 74,006 · 2014
Highest 83,251 · 2025
Lowest 72,276 · 2020
Average change +1.1% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearBay CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2025 83,251 +0.7% 9.9M 156M
2024 82,632 +2.7% 9.8M 155M
2023 80,465 +3.2% 9.7M 153M
2022 77,970 +2.6% 9.4M 150M
2021 75,961 +5.1% 8.9M 144M
2020 72,276 −3.2% 8.4M 139M
2019 74,682 −3.9% 8.9M 148M
2018 77,736 +0.5% 8.7M 146M
2017 77,385 −0.0% 8.5M 144M
2016 77,408 +1.6% 8.3M 142M
2015 76,180 +2.9% 8M 139M
2014 74,006 7.8M 137M

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryJobs
1 Miami-Dade County 1.3M
2 Orange County 954K
3 Broward County 864K
4 Hillsborough County 796K
5 Palm Beach County 671K
6 Duval County 561K
7 Pinellas County 441K
8 Lee County 302K
9 Polk County 265K
10 Brevard County 244K
11 Seminole County 214K
12 Sarasota County 194K
13 Volusia County 189K
14 Collier County 172K
15 Leon County 165K
16 Pasco County 150K
17 Escambia County 147K
18 Manatee County 146K
19 Alachua County 141K
20 Marion County 122K
21 Lake County 119K
22 Osceola County 118K
23 St. Johns County 101K
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
…

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

What it means

The number of people working at local workplaces.

How it is calculated

Employment counted where people work (employers' records or regional accounts), annual average or year-end.