
Orlando Tech Employment Nears 80,000
Orlando’s tech employment grew by 2.3% in 2024, the second highest rate among the nation’s 30 most populous regions.
Orlando’s tech employment grew by 2.3% in 2024, the second highest rate among the nation’s 30 most populous regions.
The Orlando Economic Partnership has facilitated the creation of more than 30,000 new jobs since its inception, defying a period of domestic change and global uncertainty.
Orlando was the fastest-growing large employment center in the U.S. in 2024, adding 37,500 jobs.
The Orlando region’s population was the fastest-growing among large U.S. regions in 2024, becoming the 20th most populous region in the country in the process.
The Orlando region’s economy surpassed $200 billion in 2023 as the sixth fastest-growing large economy in the U.S.
Data recently compiled by the Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP) establishes a baseline to monitor the region’s emergence on the international scene.
Over 76,000 business with paid employees called the Orlando region home in 2022, approximately 11,000 more than five years earlier.
Approximately 60,000 students graduate from colleges and universities in the Orlando region each year, in many different fields and from many different institutions.
In the last seven years, the Orlando Economic Partnership has supported 185 business relocations or expansions – projects that committed to creating 25,500 new jobs, or approximately 3,700 new jobs per year.
Over the last several years, CompTIA’s annual State of the Tech Workforce has emerged as the definitive source for monitoring growth in the tech industry across the nation, states, and metro areas. This year’s release highlights Orlando as one of the fastest-growing regions for tech employment in the country.
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Orlando’s job growth was more pronounced in 2023 than previously estimated, according to revised data released earlier this week by the Florida Department of Commerce.