Bakers job market in Florida

Name: Bakers in Florida: occupation-weighted industry context
Creator: JobMarketHealth

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Florida industry employment changed 0.6 percentage points above the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Bakers in Florida.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitation Evidence record

Occupation pay

What Bakers earn in Florida

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$35,870Florida

Middle 50% of published wages: $30,490 – $39,690
U.S. median annual wage: $37,160
Reference period: May 2025

The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around Florida

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Bakers, compared with the Florida median of $35,870.

Florida median$35,870

Punta Gorda, FL$38,940+8.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$34,760 – $43,540Published employment100

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$37,540+4.7% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,170 – $43,070Published employment370

Naples-Marco Island, FL$37,350+4.1% vs. state

Middle 50%$33,610 – $45,700Published employment290

Wildwood-The Villages, FL$37,080+3.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$36,030 – $42,110Published employment40

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,880+2.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$30,830 – $39,930Published employment3,800

Jacksonville, FL$36,850+2.7% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,860 – $39,470Published employment580

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Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,570+2.0% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,250 – $41,810Published employment280

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$36,500+1.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,150 – $43,880Published employment240

Sebring, FL$36,420+1.5% vs. state

Middle 50%$27,600 – $40,100Published employment30

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$36,400+1.5% vs. state

Middle 50%$30,630 – $41,770Published employment70

Ocala, FL$36,070+0.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,700 – $37,860Published employment120

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,980+0.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$35,230 – $41,290Published employment600

Homosassa Springs, FL$35,900+0.1% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,380 – $38,040Published employment40

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,750−0.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$30,590 – $38,860Published employment280

Port St. Lucie, FL$35,700−0.5% vs. state

Middle 50%$30,500 – $39,230Published employment390

Tallahassee, FL$35,450−1.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,680 – $37,810Published employment130

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,410−1.3% vs. state

Middle 50%$29,490 – $38,120Published employment1,720

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$35,220−1.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,510 – $43,860Published employment170

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Florida median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in Florida’s weighted industry mix.

+0.1%Industry employmentFlorida industry employmentU.S. -0.5%vs. -0.5% U.S.

+3.6%Establishments in weighted industriesFlorida establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +1.2%vs. +1.2% U.S.

+6.8%Avg. weekly industry wageFlorida avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +3.9% · not occupation payvs. +3.9% U.S. · not occupation pay

+0.6 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.

Published coverage: 249,358 represented establishments, 98.79% of the published industry mix.

Latest interpretation

What stands out for bakers in Florida

The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.

Florida leads the U.S. on weighted-industry employment

Employment across the industries associated with Bakers changed +0.1% year over year in Florida, 0.6 percentage points above the national change of -0.5%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Occupation pay is close to the national median

The published median annual wage for Bakers in Florida is $35,870, 3.5% below the U.S. median of $37,160.

BLS OEWS occupation pay

3 of 6 leading industry groups are growing

3 of the 6 leading weighted industry groups with published values reported employment growth. Private education and health services was strongest at +2.1%.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.

Employment trends

Florida industry employment over time

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values

Florida · 2026 Q1+0.1%
U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-0.5%

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Quarterly Florida industry employment changes and coverage
Quarter	Florida	Coverage
2024 Q2	+2.0%	100%
2024 Q3	+1.3%	100%
2024 Q4	+0.3%	100%
2025 Q1	+0.5%	100%
2025 Q2	+0.4%	100%
2025 Q3	0.0%	100%
2025 Q4	+0.9%	100%
2026 Q1	+0.1%	100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows Florida’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters: 8
Earliest quarter: 2024 Q2
Latest quarter: 2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark: -0.5%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Bakers Work

The occupation mix determines which Florida industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Florida Bakers context
Industry group	Occupation mix	Employment change	Establishments	Avg. weekly industry wage
Manufacturing	34.5%	-0.4%	28,099	$1,925
Trade, transportation, and utilities	32.7%	-0.1%	150,834	$1,343
Leisure and hospitality	29.4%	+0.9%	70,425	$779
Private education and health services	0.8%	+2.1%	113,483	$1,338
State and local	0.2%	+0.1%	3,860	$1,292
Professional and business services	0.1%	-0.3%	230,018	$1,859

Which industries are growing?

3 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive Florida employment change are listed.

Private education and health services+2.1%
Leisure and hospitality+0.9%
State and local+0.1%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current Florida context

Current Florida Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in Florida. They are not Bakers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · Florida

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

107.0Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026

+7.0%Versus the February 2020 baseline

+1.2%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

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View values: Indeed postings index

Indeed postings index
Observation date	Index (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jul 24, 2026	105.35
Jul 31, 2026	104.58
Aug 7, 2026	103.98
Aug 14, 2026	104.20
Aug 21, 2026	104.74
Aug 28, 2026	104.90
Sep 4, 2026	104.92
Sep 11, 2026	105.58
Sep 18, 2026	105.52
Sep 25, 2026	105.80
Oct 2, 2026	106.56
Oct 9, 2026	107.58
Oct 16, 2026	107.28
Oct 23, 2026	107.05

This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Statewide layoff notices

Statewide layoff-notice filings

Florida statewide

22 notices in this source

Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.

What this means: These are statewide totals from notices dated in this period in Florida’s official tracking system. Reported positions are the counts published in those notices, not a count of people confirmed to have lost their jobs. No employer is identified.

Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. Florida’s state tracking system also records smaller Rapid Response events that fall below federal WARN thresholds, so it is not a list of federal WARN filings only.

FloridaCommerce (Department of Commerce) About WARN data

Source last checked 2026-11-02 12:31 UTC

Career context

Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.

Questions answered by this release

Bakers in Florida FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Bakers in Florida?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Florida industries weighted to Bakers changed +0.1% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -0.5% nationwide.

Are wages for Bakers rising in Florida?

QCEW does not publish pay for Bakers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +6.8% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this Florida industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current Bakers openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

Occupation: Bakers
SOC code: 51-3011
State: Florida
QCEW release label: QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period: 2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year: +0.1%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year: -0.5%
Difference from U.S. benchmark: +0.6 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Establishments, year over year: +3.6%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year: +6.8%State data coverage 100%
Industry mix vintage: EP-2025-2035
BLS publication date: Aug 28, 2026
Source verification: Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
Canonical record URL: https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/bakers/florida#evidence-record
Derived by: JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Methodology BLS QCEW How to cite QCEW state context release, 2026 Q1

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.