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Fort Lauderdale Employment, Occupation and Industry

Fort Lauderdale Employment by Job Type Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida United States
White Collar 41,880 77.39% 5,315,164 77.21% 92,009,214 74.72%
Blue Collar 12,233 22.61% 1,568,821 22.79% 31,125,749 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 11,310 17.01% 1,299,132 15.84% 23,044,053 16.09%
Professional and Related 12,557 18.88% 1,621,069 19.77% 31,190,648 21.78%
Sales and Office 18,013 27.09% 2,394,963 29.20% 37,774,513 26.38%
Service 12,269 18.45% 1,264,706 15.42% 19,324,452 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 115 0.17% 53,007 0.65% 727,249 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 6,009 9.04% 781,471 9.53% 12,677,154 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 6,224 9.36% 787,350 9.60% 18,448,595 12.88%

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White Collar Employment: perform tasks that are considered less physically laborious

Blue Collar Employment: perform tasks that are manual, technical labor or are in technical maintenance "trades"

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Fort Lauderdale Employment by Industry for Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 189 0.28% 87,079 1.06% 2,134,305 1.49%
Construction 4,746 7.14% 658,893 8.03% 9,982,202 6.97%
Manufacturing 3,519 5.29% 496,445 6.05% 17,078,738 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 2,158 3.25% 274,291 3.34% 4,371,371 3.05%
Retail Trade 6,846 10.30% 936,595 11.42% 14,346,753 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 3,710 5.58% 466,752 5.69% 7,992,800 5.58%
Information 2,102 3.16% 238,638 2.91% 4,210,964 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 6,101 9.17% 652,207 7.95% 9,894,999 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 9,380 14.11% 952,667 11.62% 14,935,847 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 11,692 17.58% 1,642,516 20.03% 31,705,830 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 9,486 14.27% 927,536 11.31% 12,115,678 8.46%
Other Services 4,317 6.49% 437,142 5.33% 7,373,033 5.15%
Public Administration 2,251 3.39% 430,937 5.25% 7,044,144 4.92%

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Employment by Industry: This data represents 2010 employment by industry for the total civilian population.

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Fort Lauderdale Employment Statistics for all Potential Employees Graph

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+) Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida United States
Employment Potential 117,908 14,835,041 237,450,726
Civilian Total 66,497 8,201,698 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 37,432 31.75% 4,367,096 29.44% 76,490,548 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 29,065 24.65% 3,834,602 25.85% 66,696,116 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 40 0.03% 60,588 0.41% 1,041,883 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 0 0.00% 10,510 0.07% 194,250 0.08%
Unemployed Males 5,480 4.65% 449,672 3.03% 8,607,960 3.63%
Unemployed Females 3,383 2.87% 348,919 2.35% 5,967,224 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 20,322 17.24% 2,461,550 16.59% 32,071,333 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 22,186 18.82% 3,302,104 22.26% 46,381,412 19.53%

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Workforce Statistics: The Workforce breakdown is derived from data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Fort Lauderdale Population Growth Statistics Graph

2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+) Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 53,674 80.72% 6,275,124 76.51% 105,622,009 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 3,409 5.13% 460,789 5.62% 10,090,727 7.05%
Local Government Workers 3,966 5.96% 561,005 6.84% 8,961,757 6.26%
State Government Workers 1,198 1.80% 299,502 3.65% 6,692,635 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 697 1.05% 166,040 2.02% 3,541,754 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 3,449 5.19% 428,544 5.23% 8,072,936 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 104 0.16% 10,694 0.13% 204,846 0.14%

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Civilian Employers (Population Age 16+): This data represents 2010 employment by type of employers for the total civilian population, over age 16.

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