A growing national economy continues to trickle down to the state level as the number of job openings in Florida grew nearly 5 percent in August.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity says 11,899 more job openings were reported in the state last month, up 4.6 percent from July. That brings the total number of seasonally adjusted job openings to a little more than 273,000, which includes a 4.3 percent boost in online job openings.
“August was another strong month for job demand in Florida — just one of the many indicators showing the positive turnaround in Florida’s economy over the last few years,” said Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the state’s economic opportunity department, in a release. “Job demand is growing, and Florida families are getting back to work.”
That growth was led by Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale. West Palm Beach had the largest growth year-over-year with 23.7 percent growth.
The most popular job openings in August were sales, office and administrative, support, health care practitioners, and management, the state department said.
