Social and community service managers job market in Florida

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Florida industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Social and community service managers in Florida.

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

Occupation pay

What Social and community service managers 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

$76,050Florida
Middle 50% of published wages
$60,530 – $97,830
U.S. median annual wage
$80,390
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 Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.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 Social and community service managers, compared with the Florida median of $76,050.

Florida median$76,050
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$80,870+6.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$66,220 – $98,320Published employment40
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$79,240+4.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$62,680 – $104,000Published employment2,480
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$77,560+2.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$62,020 – $100,090Published employment1,280
Punta Gorda, FL$77,260+1.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$63,110 – $102,060Published employment50
Gainesville, FL$76,800+1.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$61,920 – $98,420Published employment200
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$76,760+0.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$64,520 – $97,830Published employment300
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Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$76,410+0.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$56,250 – $92,860Published employment70
Naples-Marco Island, FL$76,220+0.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$56,470 – $95,120Published employment160
Jacksonville, FL$75,660−0.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$60,440 – $98,040Published employment680
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$75,250−1.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$59,600 – $93,410Published employment830
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$73,810−2.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$59,800 – $87,890Published employment300
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$73,540−3.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$59,810 – $86,090Published employment60
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$72,990−4.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$58,020 – $91,280Published employment180
Port St. Lucie, FL$72,900−4.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$58,960 – $91,940Published employment190
Tallahassee, FL$72,570−4.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$53,600 – $93,150Published employment320
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$71,610−5.8% vs. state
Middle 50%$57,860 – $84,230Published employment90
Ocala, FL$70,630−7.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$55,750 – $89,170Published employment110
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$70,400−7.4% vs. state
Middle 50%$59,990 – $90,100Published 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.

+1.4%Industry employmentFlorida industry employmentU.S. +1.4%vs. +1.4% U.S.
+5.2%Establishments in weighted industriesFlorida establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +4.9%vs. +4.9% U.S.
+3.1%Avg. weekly industry wageFlorida avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.7% · not occupation payvs. +2.7% U.S. · not occupation pay
0.0 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: 117,343 represented establishments, 81.67% of the published industry mix.

Local research

What the data shows for social and community service managers in Florida

Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.

This occupation is less concentrated in the state

Social and community service managers account for 0.64 times their national share of employment in Florida, according to OEWS May 2025. This is the published location quotient. The state estimate is 8,600 jobs, 4.1% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 0.87 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. Concentration describes employment share, not current hiring or future growth.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution

Private education and health services supplies 88.9% of the positive weighted contributions to this occupation's industry employment-growth proxy in Florida in January to March 2026. Its own year-over-year employment change was +2.1%. Each leading industry group is weighted by its share of the occupation's national industry mix, and the groups examined cover 99.5% of that mix. These contributions do not count occupation jobs created.

January to March 2026 · BLS QCEW

Pay differs widely between metro areas

Homosassa Springs, FL and Wildwood-The Villages, FL define the low and high ends of this published median-pay comparison for Florida. Their estimates are $60,920 and $80,870, respectively, in OEWS May 2025; the high end is 32.7% higher. The comparison includes 22 metro areas on the same wage basis and does not measure living costs or job availability.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Metro estimates may include areas in neighboring states. The comparison covers published metro estimates, not every part of the state.

Published median pay is below the U.S. median

Florida's published median annual wage for social and community service managers is 5.4% below the national median in OEWS May 2025. The state estimate is $76,050, compared with $80,390 across the U.S. These medians are not adjusted for living costs and do not describe every worker.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

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. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology

Employment trends

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+1.4%
  • U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+1.4%

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Quarterly Florida industry employment changes and coverage
QuarterFloridaCoverage
2024 Q2+3.5%100%
2024 Q3+3.2%100%
2024 Q4+2.7%100%
2025 Q1+2.9%100%
2025 Q2+2.8%100%
2025 Q3+2.3%100%
2025 Q4+2.4%100%
2026 Q1+1.4%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
+1.4%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Social and community service managers Work

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

Industries weighted into the Florida Social and community service managers context
Industry groupOccupation mixEmployment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly industry wage
Private education and health services63.8%+2.1%113,483$1,338
State and local17.8%+0.1%3,860$1,292
Other services12.2%+1.2%64,006$1,062
Professional and business services3.5%-0.3%230,018$1,859
Federal1.2%-7.5%1,971$2,142
Financial activities0.9%+1.0%97,847$3,017

Which industries are growing?

4 weighted industries are growing

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

  • Private education and health services+2.1%
  • Other services+1.2%
  • Financial activities+1.0%
  • 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 Social and community service managers 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 dateIndex (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jul 24, 2026105.35
Jul 31, 2026104.58
Aug 7, 2026103.98
Aug 14, 2026104.20
Aug 21, 2026104.74
Aug 28, 2026104.90
Sep 4, 2026104.92
Sep 11, 2026105.58
Sep 18, 2026105.52
Sep 25, 2026105.80
Oct 2, 2026106.56
Oct 9, 2026107.58
Oct 16, 2026107.28
Oct 23, 2026107.05

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 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 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

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Career context

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

Questions answered by this release

Social and community service managers in Florida FAQs

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

Is employment growing for Social and community service managers in Florida?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Florida industries weighted to Social and community service managers changed +1.4% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +1.4% nationwide.

Are wages for Social and community service managers rising in Florida?

QCEW does not publish pay for Social and community service managers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.1% 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 Social and community service managers 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
Social and community service managers
SOC code
11-9151
State
Florida
QCEW release label
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year
+1.4%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year
+1.4%
Difference from U.S. benchmark
0.0 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
+5.2%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year
+3.1%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/social-and-community-service-managers/florida#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

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.

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