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Leisure & hospitality jobs in Sarasota County

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 12 of 65 · Regions of Florida Updated Nov 9, 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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLeisure & hospitality jobs
66 Lafayette County 54
65 Glades County 84
64 Union County 152
63 Calhoun County 229
62 Dixie County 249
61 Jefferson County 257
60 Holmes County 291
59 Hamilton County 368
58 Gilchrist County 370
57 Madison County 442
56 Hardee County 533
55 Gulf County 601
54 Taylor County 623
53 Washington County 671
52 Gadsden County 673
51 DeSoto County 677
50 Baker County 709
49 Wakulla County 758
48 Bradford County 789
47 Franklin County 824
46 Hendry County 1,065
45 Suwannee County 1,106
44 Jackson County 1,133
43 Levy County 1,157
42 Okeechobee County 1,226
…
15 Seminole County 20,944
14 Osceola County 21,846
13 Polk County 26,106
12 Sarasota County 27,022
11 Brevard County 28,448
10 Volusia County 28,734
9 Collier County 29,044
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2022

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.