{"id":186807,"date":"2026-03-11T05:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T05:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:06:08","slug":"study-shows-increase-in-jobs-wages-in-northwest-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186807\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows increase in jobs, wages in Northwest Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NORTHWEST FLORIDA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/northwest-florida\/study-shows-increase-in-jobs-wages-in-northwest-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WKRG;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WKRG&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WKRG<\/a>) \u2014 A newly released study is showing an increase in jobs and wages in Northwest Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/vehicle-plunges-moore-creek-10-180137463.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vehicle plunges into Moore Creek; I-10 westbound lane closed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Vehicle plunges into Moore Creek&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Vehicle plunges into Moore Creek; I-10 westbound lane closed <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a news release from Florida\u2019s Great Northwest, its Labor Supply and Demand Analysis gave an in-depth look into the job market in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Northwest Florida, over 42,000 jobs have been added. This represents an 8.7% increase in growth, with the national average being 5.9%. Additionally, the number of jobs in priority industry sectors grew by 12%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Average wages in the 13-county region rose by nearly 19%, the study found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/two-mobilians-honored-law-imposes-131022723.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Two late Mobilians honored by new law that imposes harsher penalties on certain crashes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Two late Mobilians honored by new law that imposes harsher penalties on certain crashes&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Two late Mobilians honored by new law that imposes harsher penalties on certain crashes <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis analysis is truly transformative for the story we are able to tell,\u201d said Jennifer Conoley, President and CEO of Florida\u2019s Great Northwest. \u201cIt demonstrates why Northwest Florida is a workforce solution, giving our partners a consistent, powerful message to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTHWEST FLORIDA (WKRG) \u2014 A newly released study is showing an increase in jobs and wages in Northwest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,87710,87711,842],"class_list":["post-186807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-great-northwest","tag-labor-supply","tag-northwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}