Tampa Has More Jobs Than Orlando, But It's Not Growing As Quickly

Janelle Irwin, Biz Journals
Wed, 05/16/2018 - 10:02am

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area ranks 20th in the nation for job growth among large-sized cities, according to a Forbes study released this week. The Tampa area ranks ahead of Miami, but behind Orlando and Jacksonville. The Tampa metro area had 1.34 million jobs in 2017, according to census data. The region’s year-over-year growth was 1.84 percent while its five-year growth from 2012 to 2017 was 15.26 percent. Tampa’s job growth ranking among all cities evaluated was No.…

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