Labor Market Facts

Listed below are all the online resources available for researching the labor markets in Florida and Broward County. Discover wage and salary data, occupational trends, industry growth projections and local economic development agencies.

• Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward Economic Development Alliance - Broward County's public/private partnership for economic development is instrumental in attracting major corporations to the area and assisting with the expansion of many others within the County. The partnership between the Alliance and WorkForce One is so important to local economic development efforts that WorkForce One has stationed a workforce development executive at the Alliance offices to serve as their in-house expert on workforce issues. Click here to check out the Broward Alliance website.
  
  

• The Office of Economic and Small Business Development - Economic development professionals, along with business and government leaders, are engaged with talented people representing a spectrum of industries to chart our economic growth pathways. Click here for their web site.
  
  

• America's Career InfoNet - A single point of access for workforce, demographic and economic information. Click here to access.
  
  
• Florida Research & Economic Database (FRED) - A web-based information delivery system providing businesses answers to frequently asked questions about labor market statistics for Florida and the workforce regions. Click here to access the site.
  
  
• Local Employment Dynamics - This interactive web site is designed to put critical workforce information at the fingertips of local businesses. Workforce indicators provided by the site include: job creation and labor turnover rates, total employment and net job flow, new hires and separations, average monthly earnings and average new hire earnings and more. Click here to get started.
  
  
• My Florida.com - Florida's official web site for citizens and businesses. Click here to access the site.
  
  
• Florida Labor Market Update
  • Florida Labor Market Information presentation (August 2009 Workforce Estimating Conference).
  • Occupations projections through 2017.
  • Projections data.
    
  • Broward County Labor Market Statistics (LMS) October 2009 report.
  • October 2009 Florida Unemployment FAQ.