1. Employment Trends in Florida Prepared by: Darryl Crawford, MPA Center for Demography and Population Health Florida State university May 6, 2009 LeRoy Collins Institute LeRoy Collins Institute ~ Carol Weissert, Ph. D., Director FSU Campus ~ 506 W Pensacola Street Tallahassee FL 32306-1601 850-644-1441 ~ 850-644-1442 fax

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4. Employment 7 Sectors Providing 6% or more of Florida’s Jobs (each) 1973 to 2007 4 Retail Trade Administrative & Waste Management Health Care & Social Assistance State & Local Government Construction Accommodation & Food Service Manufacturing

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8. Earnings 8 Sectors Providing 6% or more of Florida’s Earnings (each) 1973 to 2007 8 State & Local Government Health Care & Social Assistance Professional & Technical Services Construction Retail Trade Finance & Insurance Administrative & Waste Management Manufacturing

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10. 14 Employment Sectors – Average Earnings Per Job > $40K in 2007 Dollars 1973 to 2007 10 Utilities Management of Companies Federal Civilian Government Federal Military Information Wholesale Trade Manufacturing Finance & Insurance Professional & Technical Services Mining State & Local Government Construction Health Care & Social Assistance Transportation & Warehousing

11. 8 Employment Sectors Average Earnings Per Job < $35K in 2007 Dollars 1973 to 2007 11 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation Administrative & Waste Management Retail Trade Educational Services Other Services Accommodation & Food Service Real Estate, Rental, & Leasing Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Related ___________________________________________________________________ Note: The above sectors each average 10K+ less than state’s average earnings per job.

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14. 14 The Good 7 million new jobs from 1973 to 2007 800,000 in Health Care / Social Assistance 550,000 in Professional & Technical Services The Bad Three sectors that pay higher percentage of earnings than employment percentage they represent were hit hard by recent economic downturn Construction Finance & Insurance State & Local Government

15. 15 The Ugly Of the 7 million new jobs added since 1973: over 3.5 million, more than one half, are in the 8 sectors averaging gross earnings of some $10K less than the state average earnings per job none of the 8 sectors pays total earnings proportionate to the percentage of employment the sector represents local / state governments may be faced with providing additional services to workforce families with limited incomes, and little or no employer-provided benefits, for these growing employment sectors