Percent Growth in Total Annual Wages in High and Low Paying Industries for Florida and Florida Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2002-2006
Area
Percent Growth in High Wage* Industries
Percent Growth in Low Wage** Industries
Percent Surplus or Deficit from State for High Wage Industries
Percent Surplus or Deficit from State for Low Wage Industries
Florida
25.90%
26.80%
N/A
N/A
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
50.90%
42.50%
25.00%
15.70%
Daytona Beach
24.70%
24.80%
-1.30%
-2.00%
Fort Lauderdale
34.40%
23.90%
8.50%
-2.90%
Fort Walton Beach
40.80%
32.10%
14.90%
5.30%
Gainesville
22.30%
26.00%
-3.70%
-0.80%
Jacksonville
22.90%
31.10%
-3.10%
4.30%
Lakeland
22.70%
13.10%
-3.30%
-13.70%
Miami
17.60%
27.00%
-8.30%
0.30%
Naples
46.70%
34.80%
20.70%
8.00%
Ocala
42.70%
32.10%
16.80%
5.40%
Orlando
26.40%
27.80%
0.50%
1.00%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
27.40%
25.70%
1.50%
-1.10%
Panama City
42.40%
25.00%
16.50%
-1.80%
Pensacola
24.30%
26.40%
-1.60%
-0.40%
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce
41.90%
34.20%
15.90%
7.40%
Punta Gorda
47.30%
32.20%
21.30%
5.40%
Sarasota - Bradenton-Venice
30.70%
30.00%
4.70%
3.30%
Sebastian-Vero Beach
28.20%
24.60%
2.20%
-2.20%
Tallahassee
13.80%
22.80%
-12.20%
-4.00%
Tampa - St Petersburg - Clearwater
23.40%
23.00%
-2.60%
-3.80%
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
19.50%
24.10%
-6.40%
-2.60%
Source: Analysis of Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW) Annual NAICS Files
*High Wage refers to more than 10% above the 2006 average annual wage for all industries ($42,347.8). Those industries are (in ascending wage order): Utilities ($63,319), Wholesale Trade ($$55,922), Information ($54,860), Financial Activities ($54,452), Mining ($53,860), Public Administration ($46,276), Manufacturing ($45,732), Transportation and Warehousing ($42,556).
**Low Wage refers to less than the wage that is 10% below the 2006 average annual wage for all industries ($34,648.2). Those industries are (in ascending wage order): Leisure and Hospitality ($20,203); Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting ($22,858); Retail Trade ($26,513); Other Services (except public administration) ($27,011);
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