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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 23, 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryJobs
1 Miami-Dade County 1.1M
2 Orange County 793K
3 Broward County 783K
4 Hillsborough County 665K
5 Palm Beach County 585K
6 Duval County 486K
7 Pinellas County 418K
8 Lee County 251K
9 Polk County 210K
10 Brevard County 201K
11 Seminole County 183K
12 Volusia County 167K
13 Sarasota County 164K
14 Leon County 146K
15 Collier County 141K
16 Escambia County 130K
17 Alachua County 127K
18 Manatee County 118K
19 Pasco County 113K
20 Marion County 99,953
21 Lake County 92,903
22 Osceola County 88,208
23 Okaloosa County 81,574
24 Bay County 77,408
25 St. Lucie County 72,724
26 St. Johns County 69,749
27 Martin County 65,338
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2016

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.