Above: A worker at an L3Harris facility in Melbourne, FL. (Photo courtesy of L3Harris)
The state of Florida gained manufacturing jobs in 2021 according to data collected by MNI, compiler and publisher of industrial business profiles for the nation’s nearly 400,000 manufacturers. Between February 2021 and February 2022, the state added 4,103 jobs or roughly one percent.
Florida is currently home to 12,843 manufacturers employing 498,121 according to MNI data.
Electronics and other electrical equipment ranks as Florida’s top industry measured by number of jobs. The sector employs 57,490 Florida industrial workers, up 1.2% over the year. Fabricated metal products ranks second, employing 48,196 jobs and MNI reports employment in this industry also inched up 1.2%.
Meanwhile, employment in food manufacturing, Florida’s third-largest sector by number of jobs, rose by 1.3% and currently accounts for 46,223 jobs.
Industries that added significant number of jobs included electronic capacitators, up 246%; bakery products, up 63%; aluminum extruded products, up 55%, and tires and tubes, up 51%, among others.
These gains were offset by job losses in leather goods, down 35%; dies, tools, jigs & fixtures, down 16%; and aircraft parts and equipment, down 5%; among others.
MNI’s city data reveals Jacksonville ranks as Florida’s top city by number of manufacturing jobs, home to 37,162 workers. Other top Florida cities include Orlando, with 36,383 workers and Miami with 33,915.
For the latest facts and statistics on Florida’s manufacturing sector, learn more in our post Top 10 Manufacturing Companies in Florida, or see our infographic: Key Facts and Statistics on Florida Manufacturing.
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