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Leisure & hospitality share of jobs in Sarasota County
2014 – 2025 · 12 data points
28 of 65 · Regions of Florida
Updated Nov 8, 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
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Climate
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Latest value · 2025
15.8%
+0.1 pp
since 2024
Regions of Florida · 2025
28 of 65
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−0.3 pp
vs Florida
+0.7 pp
Florida: 15.2% · 2025
Leisure & hospitality share of jobs, 2014 – 2025 percent · Sarasota County · Florida · United States
−0.3 pp since 2015
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
2014
2018
2020
2022
2025
Sarasota County
Florida
United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
Compared with Leisure & hospitality share of jobs · percent
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
The series at a glance Sarasota County · 2014 – 2025
Latest value
15.8% · 2025
First value
16.4% · 2014
Highest
16.4% · 2014
Lowest
14.4% · 2020
Data points
12
By year
All years · 2014 – 2025
| Year | Sarasota County | Change | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.8% | +0.1 pp | 15.2% | 12.6% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | −0.5 pp | 15.1% | 12.6% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | +0.0 pp | 15.0% | 12.5% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | +1.1 pp | 14.9% | 12.2% |
| 2021 | 15.1% | +0.7 pp | 14.4% | 11.5% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | −1.7 pp | 13.6% | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 16.0% | +0.1 pp | 16.1% | 13.0% |
| 2018 | 16.0% | +0.1 pp | 16.1% | 13.0% |
| 2017 | 15.9% | +0.2 pp | 16.1% | 13.0% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | −0.4 pp | 16.2% | 12.9% |
| 2015 | 16.1% | −0.3 pp | 16.2% | 12.8% |
| 2014 | 16.4% | 16.1% | 12.7% |
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.
| # | Territory | Leisure & hospitality share of jobs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Alachua County | 16.2% | |
| 52 | Baker County | 11.0% | |
| 10 | Bay County | 21.3% | |
| 18 | Bradford County | 17.9% | |
| 34 | Brevard County | 15.1% | |
| 43 | Broward County | 13.7% | |
| 53 | Calhoun County | 10.8% | |
| 19 | Charlotte County | 17.8% | |
| 29 | Citrus County | 16.1% | |
| 21 | Clay County | 17.6% | |
| 9 | Collier County | 21.3% | |
| 37 | Columbia County | 14.7% | |
| 55 | DeSoto County | 10.6% | |
| 54 | Dixie County | 10.8% | |
| 48 | Duval County | 12.6% | |
| 33 | Escambia County | 15.5% | |
| 11 | Flagler County | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Franklin County | 29.4% | |
| 62 | Gadsden County | 8.4% | |
| 61 | Gilchrist County | 8.8% | |
| 65 | Glades County | 5.9% | |
| 22 | Gulf County | 17.3% | |
| 64 | Hamilton County | 6.6% | |
| 57 | Hardee County | 10.1% | |
| 58 | Hendry County | 10.0% | |
| … | |||
| 47 | Polk County | 12.6% | |
| 45 | Putnam County | 12.9% | |
| 14 | Santa Rosa County | 18.8% | |
| 32 | Sarasota County | 15.7% | |
| 50 | Seminole County | 11.8% | |
| 7 | St. Johns County | 23.6% | |
| 41 | St. Lucie County | 14.3% | |
| … |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2016
What it means
How much of the private job market is tourism and hospitality.
How it is calculated
Leisure and hospitality jobs divided by all private-sector jobs.
Tourism
Sarasota County in numbers