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Florida TaxWatch Economic Commentary

Florida sees Solid Job Growth in 2014

| 1/29/2015

Conclusion

Overall, Florida’s economy continues to experience robust growth in all sectors. This year, for the first time in four years, Florida experienced job gains in all nonfarm categories, including the public sector. In addition, Florida’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.6 percent, a rate not seen since 2008. Florida continues to create high-skilled, high-paying jobs, which is reflected in the gains in the Professional and Business Services sector, specifically in the Professional, Scientific and Technical fields.

Florida has indeed come a long way since the end of the Great Recession. These achievements, coupled with job creation expectations in the coming year,6 give Floridians plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the labor market in 2015.

 


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BOARD CHAIRMAN
SENATOR GEORGE LEMIEUX
Chairman of the Board, Gunster

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MR. JOHN B. ZUMWALT III

President, Thezumwaltcompany
Florida TaxWatch Chairman & Immediate Past Chair, CCF Advisory Board

WILLIAM E. CARLSON, JR
President, Tucker/Hall

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MR. MARSHALL CRISER, III
Chancellor, State University System
Immediate Past Chairman, Florida TaxWatch

MR. DOUG DAVIDSON
Market Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

MR. J. CHARLES GRAY
Chairman, GrayRobinson Law Firm

MR. JON FERRANDO
Executive VP & General Counsel, AutoNation, Inc.

GOVERNOR BOB MARTINEZ
Sr. Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight

MR. DAVE MCINTOSH
Trustee, BlueField Ranch Mitigation Bank Trust

MS. SHARON MERCHANT
President, the Merchant Strategy

MR. JAMES M. REPP
Senior VP, AvMed Health Plans

MS. MICHELLE A ROBINSON
President, SouthEast Region, Verizon

MR. DAVID A. SMITH
Former Chairman, Florida TaxWatch

MR. MICHAEL SOLE
VP for State Governmental Affairs, Florida Power & Light

Mr. NATHAN WILSON
Vice President, The Walt Disney Company


Economic Commentary written by Jennifer Linares, MS, Research Analyst.

Robert Weissert, Chief Research Officer
Chris Barry, Director of Publications

John Zumwalt, III, Chair, Florida TaxWatch
Sen. George LeMieux Chair, Center for Competitive Florida

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