Broward County

County Business Patterns, 20232nd largest of 3 counties in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro areaPopulation 2,002,786

Broward County had 780,632 private jobs, the 3rd-most of any county, in 68,191 establishments in March 2023, paying $61,265 on average, 2% above the Florida figure and the 6th-highest of the 67 counties. It has more jobs in construction than any other Florida county: 49,196. It has more jobs in real estate and rental than any other Florida county: 28,412.

Compare Broward side by side with Miami-Dade or another county.

The largest industry, health care and social assistance, has 15% of Broward County's jobs. Among its larger industries, pay runs from $28,886 a year in hotels and restaurants to $121,296 in management of companies.

Pays above the county averagePays below itNot shown by industryCounty averageFlorida average

What stands out in Broward County

It has more jobs in administrative and support services than any other Florida county: 69,242.
With 390 private jobs for every 1,000 residents, it has the 8th-highest ratio in the state.
Only one county has more jobs in retail trade; it has 106,344.
Private payroll works out at $23,880 per resident, the 7th-highest figure in Florida.
There are 34.0 business establishments per 1,000 residents, the 7th-highest density of businesses in the state.
It is the lowest-paying of the three counties in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, $5,077 a job below Palm Beach County.

Where Broward County ranks

The four measures on which Broward County sits furthest from the middle county. It is furthest out on business establishments, where it ranks 2nd of 67.

Average annual pay$61,265

6thof 67

Jobs780,632

3rdof 67

Business establishments68,191

2ndof 67

Payroll per resident$23,880

7thof 67

BrowardOther countiesMiddle county

Every industry, line by line

19 industries published; health care and social assistance added the most jobs since 2019 (15,006), the information sector lost the most (4,564).

Industry	Jobs	Avg pay	Pay vs same industry statewide	Jobs since 2019
Health care & social assistance	118,070	$65,572	1.02×	+14.6%
Retail trade	106,344	$41,014	1.08×	−0.9%
Hotels & restaurants	91,131	$28,886	1.01×	+0.8%
Administrative & support services	69,242	$53,780	0.92×	−0.2%
Professional & technical services	60,640	$86,222	0.96×	+3.8%
Construction	49,196	$71,441	1.11×	+15.1%
Wholesale trade	44,686	$80,734	1.02×	+6.9%
Finance & insurance	39,873	$88,245	0.84×	+26.3%
Transportation & warehousing	39,289	$70,639	1.17×	+18.7%
Other services	30,702	$42,500	1.08×	−1.4%
Real estate & rental	28,412	$58,248	0.95×	+49.5%
Manufacturing	25,493	$62,602	0.92×	+5.0%
Educational services	21,185	$49,525	1.01×	−13.2%
Information	20,592	$95,214	0.93×	−18.1%
Management of companies	19,357	$121,296	1.19×	+30.5%
Arts & recreation	15,200	$44,937	1.04×	+1.9%
Utilities	981	$111,947	0.90×	−6.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	127	$40,764	0.91×	−53.8%
Mining & quarrying	42	$124,095	1.41×	−42.5%
All industries	780,632	$61,265	1.02×	+6.5%

What sets Broward County apart

Four industries are at least 1.25 times as common here as across the 67 counties; agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most under-represented, at 0.17×.

Business sizes

89.7% have fewer than 20 employees; 1,225 have 100 or more.

EmployeesEstablishments

1–446,738

5–98,519

10–195,931

20–494,355

50–991,423

100–249903

250–499205

500–99981

1,000+36

Since 2019

Jobs +6.5%, residents +2.6% since March 2019.

Jobs780,6322019: 733,082+6.5%

Business establishments68,1912019: 62,337+9.4%

Average pay (nominal)$61,2652019: $51,378+19.2%

Residents2,002,7862019: 1,952,778+2.6%

Share of Florida

More of Florida's jobs (9.68%) than of its residents (8.74%).

Residents8.74%

Businesses10.59%

Jobs9.68%

Payroll10.08%

Source: Census CBP 2023, 2022, 2019; Population Estimates. FIPS 12011. How to read County Business Patterns figures.