Hernando County

County Business Patterns, 20234th largest of 4 counties in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro areaPopulation 213,415

Hernando County had 42,473 private jobs in 3,874 establishments in March 2023, paying $43,382 on average, 28% below the Florida figure. Jobs in private educational services make up 0.6% of all local jobs, the lowest share of the 42 counties with at least 100 such jobs. It is the lowest-paying of the four counties in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area, $3,433 a job below Pasco County.

Compare Hernando side by side with Lake or another county.

The largest industry, health care and social assistance, has 24% of Hernando County's jobs. Among its larger industries, pay runs from $21,824 a year in hotels and restaurants to $97,063 in the information sector.

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

Where Hernando County ranks

The four measures on which Hernando County sits furthest from the middle county. It is furthest out on job growth since 2019, where it ranks 18th of 67.

Average annual pay$43,382

48thof 67

Payroll per resident$8,634

41stof 67

Businesses per 1,000 residents18.1

43rdof 67

Job growth since 2019+14.5%

18thof 67

HernandoOther countiesMiddle county

Every industry, line by line

18 industries published; health care and social assistance added the most jobs since 2019 (1,041), wholesale trade lost the most (190).

Industry	Jobs	Avg pay	Pay vs same industry statewide	Jobs since 2019
Health care & social assistance	10,364	$56,923	0.89×	+11.2%
Retail trade	8,644	$32,025	0.84×	+11.2%
Hotels & restaurants	6,182	$21,824	0.77×	+2.4%
Construction	3,013	$48,791	0.76×	+29.2%
Manufacturing	2,338	$49,328	0.72×	+10.7%
Other services	2,260	$29,566	0.75×	+18.8%
Transportation & warehousing	2,073	$56,863	0.94×	+24.1%
Professional & technical services	1,657	$51,402	0.57×	+18.9%
Administrative & support services	1,518	$43,304	0.74×	+43.5%
Finance & insurance	1,057	$60,802	0.58×	+32.5%
Real estate & rental	806	$38,215	0.62×	+27.9%
Arts & recreation	777	$23,557	0.55×	+41.5%
Information	703	$97,063	0.94×	+105.6%
Wholesale trade	542	$59,434	0.75×	−26.0%
Educational services	264	$40,655	0.83×	+9.1%
Utilities	89	$100,764	0.81×	n/a
Management of companies	46	$58,022	0.57×	+557.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	38	$26,895	0.60×	+533.3%
All industries	42,473	$43,382	0.72×	+14.5%

Withheld by the Census Bureau: Mining & quarrying.

What sets Hernando County apart

Jobs in health care and social assistance are 1.5 times as common here as across the 67 counties; private educational services is the most under-represented, at 0.26×.

Business sizes

88.6% have fewer than 20 employees; 56 have 100 or more.

EmployeesEstablishments

1–42,341

5–9658

10–19432

20–49291

50–9992

100–24949

250–4997

500–999withheld

1,000+withheld

Since 2019

Jobs +14.5%, residents +10.1% since March 2019.

Jobs42,4732019: 37,090+14.5%

Business establishments3,8742019: 3,434+12.8%

Average pay (nominal)$43,3822019: $34,730+24.9%

Residents213,4152019: 193,920+10.1%

Share of Florida

Fewer of Florida's jobs (0.53%) than of its residents (0.93%).

Residents0.93%

Businesses0.60%

Jobs0.53%

Payroll0.39%

Source: Census CBP 2023, 2022, 2019; Population Estimates. FIPS 12053. How to read County Business Patterns figures.