With a population of 288,722 St. Lucie County has a diverse workforce of 135,790 whose median age is 41.6 years.
LABOR FORCE QUALITY
Bachelors Degree or higher:
High School Degree or higher:
Bachelors Degree or higher:
High School Degree or higher:
White Collar Workers:
Blue Collar Workers:
35,853
168,059
17.80%
83.44%
61%
38%
Source: ZoomProspector.com, 3/18/13
AVERAGE ST. LUCIE COUNTY WAGE:
Annual wages are calculated by multiplying the hourly wage by a “year-round, full-time” hours figure of 2080 hours. For those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data. Average St. Lucie County wage: $32,106 annually / $15.44 hourly.
Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, 11/30/12
INDUSTRIAL MAKEUP – ST. LUCIE COUNTY
In order to capture a complete picture of industry employment, Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI) basically combines covered employment data from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) produced by the Department of Labor with total employment data in Regional Economic Information System (REIS) published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), augmented with County Business Patterns (CBP) and Non-employer Statistics (NES) published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Projections are based on the latest available EMSI industry data, 15-year past local trends in each industry, growth rates in statewide and (where available) sub-state area industry projections published by individual state agencies, and (in part) growth rates in national projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This report uses state data from the following agencies: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
INDUSTRY SIZE AND GROWTH PROJECTIONS 2011 – 2015
| Description |
2011 Jobs |
2015 Jobs |
Growth |
% Growth |
2011 EPW* |
| Agriculture, natural resources, and mining |
2,965 |
2,399 |
-566 |
-19% |
$31,015 |
| Construction |
5,226 |
5,924 |
698 |
13% |
$34,024 |
| Education and health services |
13,716 |
15,684 |
1,968 |
14% |
$42,019 |
| Financial activities |
9,704 |
11,731 |
2,027 |
21% |
$22,273 |
| Government |
13,683 |
14,919 |
1,236 |
9% |
$57,768 |
| Information |
807 |
824 |
17 |
2% |
$44,577 |
| Leisure and hospitality |
8,479 |
9,347 |
868 |
10% |
$21,072 |
| Manufacturing |
2,350 |
2,223 |
-127 |
-5% |
$47,351 |
| Other services |
5,821 |
6,548 |
727 |
12% |
$20,591 |
| Professional and business services |
11,537 |
13,728 |
2,191 |
19% |
$27,101 |
| Trade, transportation, and utilities |
18,439 |
20,653 |
2,214 |
12% |
$36,977 |
|
Total |
92,727 |
103,980 |
11,253 |
12% |
$35,512 |
*Earnings per worker
Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2011.4
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