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Leisure & hospitality jobs in Sarasota County

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 12 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
+21% since 2015

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

Compared with Leisure & hospitality jobs · number
Sarasota County 28,315
Florida 1.3M

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

The series at a glance Sarasota County · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 28,315 · 2025
First value 22,722 · 2014
Highest 28,315 · 2025
Lowest 21,443 · 2020
Average change +2.0% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearSarasota CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2025 28,315 +2.7% 1.3M 17M
2024 27,566 −1.5% 1.3M 17M
2023 27,987 +3.6% 1.3M 16M
2022 27,022 +12% 1.2M 16M
2021 24,198 +13% 1.1M 14M
2020 21,443 −15% 1M 13M
2019 25,292 +1.1% 1.3M 16M
2018 25,005 +3.4% 1.2M 16M
2017 24,192 +3.0% 1.2M 16M
2016 23,492 +0.5% 1.2M 16M
2015 23,367 +2.8% 1.1M 15M
2014 22,722 1.1M 15M

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

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality jobs
23 Alachua County 12,807
54 Baker County 575
26 Bay County 11,479
49 Bradford County 699
10 Brevard County 24,105
3 Broward County 75,293
62 Calhoun County 232
31 Charlotte County 6,794
36 Citrus County 4,159
29 Clay County 7,201
9 Collier County 25,228
40 Columbia County 2,785
47 DeSoto County 737
59 Dixie County 256
7 Duval County 46,251
17 Escambia County 16,559
37 Flagler County 3,869
48 Franklin County 702
51 Gadsden County 649
58 Gilchrist County 293
65 Glades County 77
57 Gulf County 380
61 Hamilton County 233
55 Hardee County 514
45 Hendry County 1,009
…
13 Polk County 21,067
41 Putnam County 1,561
33 Santa Rosa County 5,957
12 Sarasota County 21,443
14 Seminole County 17,982
20 St. Johns County 14,123
28 St. Lucie County 8,865
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020

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.