Duval County · Florida
Jacksonville, FL jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Jacksonville, FL earn a median of $41,276 a year, 7% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 20.4% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $41,276#52 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 65.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 462,943Civilian employed, age 16+
What Jacksonville does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance20.4%
- Professional, scientific & management12.9%
- Retail trade12.5%
- Finance, insurance & real estate11%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities7.7%
- Construction7.2%
- Manufacturing5.2%
- Other services, except public administration5.1%
- Public administration4.2%
- Wholesale trade2.4%
- Information1.3%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Jacksonville
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.