Taylor County

County Business Patterns, 2023Outside any metro or micro areaPopulation 21,766

Taylor County had 4,673 private jobs in 435 establishments in March 2023, paying $47,594 on average, 21% below the Florida figure. Jobs grew 0.5% between March 2019 and March 2023, the 4th-slowest growth of any county. Jobs fell 6.4% between March 2022 and March 2023, while Florida as a whole kept growing.

With 4,673 jobs, a few employers can move these averages a lot.

Compare Taylor side by side with Dixie or another county.

The largest industry, manufacturing, has 28% of Taylor County's jobs. Among its larger industries, pay runs from $20,608 a year in hotels and restaurants to $75,117 in manufacturing.

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

What stands out in Taylor County

Jobs in other services make up 8.3% of all local jobs, the highest share of the 59 counties with at least 100 such jobs and 1.9 times the 67-county share.
Total payroll rose 18.7% from 2019 in current dollars, the 4th-slowest increase in the state.
Jobs in agriculture, forestry and fishing make up 4.3% of all local jobs, the 3rd-highest share of the 21 counties with at least 100 such jobs and 45.0 times the 67-county share.
Jobs in manufacturing make up 28.4% of all local jobs, the 3rd-highest share of the 62 counties with at least 100 such jobs and 6.4 times the 67-county share.
Jobs in construction make up 2.5% of all local jobs, the lowest share of the 63 counties with at least 100 such jobs.
It is one of three counties where manufacturing is the largest industry by jobs, with 28.4% of them.

Where Taylor County ranks

The four measures on which Taylor County sits furthest from the middle county. It is furthest out on job growth since 2019, where it ranks 64th of 67.

Jobs4,673

52ndof 67

Business establishments435

54thof 67

Payroll per resident$10,218

30thof 67

Job growth since 2019+0.5%

64thof 67

TaylorOther countiesMiddle county

Every industry, line by line

16 industries published; other services added the most jobs since 2019 (77), manufacturing lost the most (237).

Industry	Jobs	Avg pay	Pay vs same industry statewide	Jobs since 2019
Manufacturing	1,327	$75,117	1.10×	−15.2%
Retail trade	925	$30,056	0.79×	+3.7%
Health care & social assistance	585	$44,097	0.69×	+7.0%
Hotels & restaurants	549	$20,608	0.72×	+4.0%
Other services	386	$28,018	0.71×	+24.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	201	$56,239	1.26×	−12.6%
Transportation & warehousing	119	$60,538	1.00×	+120.4%
Construction	118	$43,924	0.69×	+29.7%
Wholesale trade	98	$58,500	0.74×	+18.1%
Professional & technical services	88	$46,773	0.52×	−10.2%
Finance & insurance	73	$63,082	0.60×	+12.3%
Administrative & support services	58	$24,741	0.42×	−4.9%
Information	42	$46,286	0.45×	+13.5%
Real estate & rental	39	$32,231	0.53×	+39.3%
Educational services	27	$19,481	0.40×	n/a
Utilities	16	$126,188	1.01×	+0.0%
All industries	4,673	$47,594	0.79×	+0.5%

Withheld by the Census Bureau: Mining & quarrying, Management of companies, Arts & recreation.

What sets Taylor County apart

Four industries are at least 1.25 times as common here as across the 67 counties; administrative and support services is the most under-represented, at 0.18×.

Business sizes

89.4% have fewer than 20 employees; 8 have 100 or more.

EmployeesEstablishments

1–4228

5–997

10–1964

20–4935

50–99withheld

100–2498

250–499withheld

500–999withheld

1,000+withheld

Since 2019

Jobs +0.5%, residents +0.9% since March 2019.

Jobs4,6732019: 4,652+0.5%

Business establishments4352019: 400+8.8%

Average pay (nominal)$47,5942019: $40,272+18.2%

Residents21,7662019: 21,569+0.9%

Share of Florida

Fewer of Florida's jobs (0.06%) than of its residents (0.10%).

Residents0.10%

Businesses0.07%

Jobs0.06%

Payroll0.05%

Source: Census CBP 2023, 2022, 2019; Population Estimates. FIPS 12123. How to read County Business Patterns figures.