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Leisure & hospitality jobs in Bay County

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 26 of 65 · Regions of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

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

Leisure & hospitality jobs, 2014 – 2025 number
+8.7% since 2015

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

Compared with Leisure & hospitality jobs · number
Bay County 14,652
Florida 1.3M

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

The series at a glance Bay County · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 14,652 · 2025
First value 13,335 · 2014
Highest 14,652 · 2025
Lowest 11,479 · 2020
Average change +0.9% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearBay CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2025 14,652 +4.4% 1.3M 17M
2024 14,032 +2.5% 1.3M 17M
2023 13,691 +3.0% 1.3M 16M
2022 13,289 +4.2% 1.2M 16M
2021 12,751 +11% 1.1M 14M
2020 11,479 −7.7% 1M 13M
2019 12,440 −9.3% 1.3M 16M
2018 13,715 +1.1% 1.2M 16M
2017 13,572 −1.5% 1.2M 16M
2016 13,776 +2.2% 1.2M 16M
2015 13,480 +1.1% 1.1M 15M
2014 13,335 1.1M 15M

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality jobs
20 Alachua County 15,578
54 Baker County 577
25 Bay County 13,715
47 Bradford County 783
11 Brevard County 27,620
3 Broward County 95,213
60 Calhoun County 257
31 Charlotte County 7,676
36 Citrus County 4,754
30 Clay County 7,837
9 Collier County 28,926
40 Columbia County 3,056
49 DeSoto County 779
63 Dixie County 166
7 Duval County 55,766
18 Escambia County 18,225
38 Flagler County 4,375
50 Franklin County 762
51 Gadsden County 694
59 Gilchrist County 261
66 Glades County 44
56 Gulf County 448
62 Hamilton County 169
55 Hardee County 559
44 Hendry County 1,041
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2018

What it means

Jobs in hotels, restaurants, bars, attractions, arts and recreation — the tourism economy.

How it is calculated

Average private-sector employment in the leisure and hospitality industries.