W E S T PA L M B E A C H - B O C A R ATO N - B OY N TO N B E A C H
Short Term Outlook for West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL (Division of Miami MSA) July 2021 2021:Q2 2021:Q3 2021:Q4 2022:Q1 2022:Q2 2022:Q3 2022:Q4 2023:Q1 2023:Q2 2023:Q3 2023:Q4 2024:Q1 2024:Q2
Personal Income (Billions $) Total Personal Income Pct Chg Year Ago Wages and Salaries Nonwage Income
141.0 1.8 43.2 97.8
139.0 2.4 44.2 94.8
137.8 4.0 45.0 92.8
139.8 -8.5 45.5 94.2
141.4 0.2 46.0 95.3
142.8 2.7 46.4 96.3
143.9 4.4 46.9 96.9
145.1 3.8 47.5 97.5
146.7 3.7 48.2 98.4
148.2 3.8 48.8 99.5
149.8 4.1 49.3 100.5
151.8 4.6 49.9 101.9
153.5 4.7 50.6 103.0
Real Personal Income (12$) Pct Chg Year Ago
112.1 -1.0
110.1 -0.1
108.7 1.5
109.8 -10.2
110.6 -1.3
111.3 1.1
111.7 2.8
112.1 2.1
112.8 2.0
113.5 2.0
114.1 2.2
115.0 2.6
115.8 2.7
Per Capita Income (Ths) Real Per Capita Income (12$)
93.2 74.0
91.7 72.6
90.7 71.6
91.8 72.1
92.6 72.5
93.4 72.8
93.9 72.9
94.4 72.9
95.2 73.2
96.0 73.5
96.7 73.7
97.7 74.1
98.5 74.3
Average Annual Wage (Ths) Pct Chg Year Ago
69.3 6.2
69.3 3.9
69.5 2.5
69.6 1.4
70.0 1.1
70.5 1.6
70.9 2.0
71.4 2.6
72.0 2.8
72.6 3.1
73.2 3.3
73.8 3.4
74.5 3.4
Establishment Employment (Place of Work, Thousands, SA) Total Employment Pct Chg Year Ago
620.1 9.4
634.9 6.1
645.0 6.4
650.8 6.5
654.3 5.5
656.5 3.4
659.3 2.2
663.0 1.9
666.4 1.9
668.9 1.9
671.2 1.8
673.5 1.6
676.1 1.4
Manufacturing Pct Chg Year Ago
20.0 5.0
20.1 4.2
20.2 3.2
20.2 1.5
20.2 1.3
20.2 0.2
20.2 0.0
20.2 0.0
20.2 0.0
20.2 0.1
20.2 0.0
20.1 -0.4
20.1 -0.7
Nonmanufacturing Pct Chg Year Ago
600.2 9.5
614.7 6.1
624.8 6.5
630.5 6.6
634.1 5.6
636.3 3.5
639.1 2.3
642.7 1.9
646.2 1.9
648.7 1.9
651.1 1.9
653.4 1.7
656.0 1.5
38.5 5.1
39.1 3.7
39.3 3.2
39.4 2.8
39.5 2.6
39.5 1.2
39.6 0.8
39.5 0.3
39.5 0.1
39.5 0.0
39.5 -0.2
39.5 0.0
39.5 -0.1
Trade, Trans, & Utilities Pct Chg Year Ago
113.8 8.6
116.0 4.1
116.3 4.1
115.0 2.3
113.8 0.0
113.6 -2.1
111.5 -4.2
110.8 -3.7
112.2 -1.5
111.5 -1.8
111.2 -0.2
110.1 -0.6
108.7 -3.1
Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Trans, Wrhsng, & Util
23.3 76.2 14.4
23.3 77.9 14.8
23.6 77.8 15.0
23.7 76.1 15.2
24.0 74.5 15.4
24.8 73.0 15.8
25.1 70.6 15.8
25.3 69.6 15.9
25.3 71.0 15.8
25.4 70.3 15.8
25.5 70.0 15.8
25.7 68.5 15.9
25.9 66.7 16.0
Information Pct Chg Year Ago
9.4 4.9
9.7 2.9
9.8 5.0
10.2 9.9
10.3 8.9
10.5 8.5
10.4 5.6
10.4 2.1
10.5 2.3
10.6 1.2
10.7 3.0
10.8 3.9
11.0 4.4
Financial Activities Pct Chg Year Ago
44.4 5.1
45.0 3.7
45.1 2.7
45.5 2.7
46.3 4.2
47.1 4.6
47.0 4.3
47.2 3.7
46.9 1.4
46.9 -0.5
46.9 -0.3
47.1 -0.3
47.3 0.8
Prof & Business Services Pct Chg Year Ago
119.7 8.9
122.6 6.7
126.0 7.2
130.1 9.1
130.3 8.9
128.9 5.1
129.3 2.6
130.4 0.2
130.7 0.3
131.3 1.9
132.1 2.2
133.6 2.5
135.5 3.7
Educ & Health Services Pct Chg Year Ago
103.6 6.4
104.9 3.4
105.5 4.1
104.6 1.8
106.8 3.1
107.1 2.1
106.3 0.8
106.6 2.0
106.4 -0.3
106.7 -0.3
107.0 0.7
107.7 1.0
108.2 1.7
Leisure & Hospitality Pct Chg Year Ago
80.4 35.0
85.0 19.3
88.2 19.2
89.5 19.0
89.6 11.4
90.8 6.8
95.3 8.1
97.3 8.7
99.3 10.9
101.5 11.7
102.5 7.6
103.2 6.1
104.0 4.7
Other Services Pct Chg Year Ago
30.8 11.6
31.9 7.7
32.9 11.0
33.8 13.1
34.7 12.7
35.4 11.2
35.6 7.9
35.7 5.5
35.5 2.3
35.4 0.0
35.5 -0.2
35.6 -0.1
35.9 1.2
7.0 1.6
7.0 -8.7
7.0 -2.1
7.0 0.2
7.0 0.1
7.0 0.2
7.0 0.4
7.1 0.4
7.1 0.5
7.1 0.4
7.1 0.3
7.1 0.3
7.1 0.1
52.6 -2.5
53.5 2.2
54.7 0.9
55.3 5.0
55.9 6.2
56.4 5.4
57.1 4.3
57.7 4.3
58.1 4.0
58.2 3.2
58.5 2.4
58.7 1.6
58.9 1.4
Population (Ths) Pct Chg Year Ago
1513.8 0.4
1516.3 0.5
1519.1 0.6
1522.4 0.7
1525.8 0.8
1529.1 0.8
1532.8 0.9
1536.7 0.9
1540.5 1.0
1544.8 1.0
1549.2 1.1
1553.5 1.1
1558.3 1.2
Labor Force (Ths) Pct Chg Year Ago
735.4 10.4
747.6 8.4
753.0 7.1
759.2 4.5
764.2 3.9
769.7 3.0
773.6 2.7
776.9 2.3
780.7 2.2
784.3 1.9
787.5 1.8
790.5 1.7
793.8 1.7
Construction & Mining Pct Chg Year Ago
Federal Government Pct Chg Year Ago State & Local Government Pct Chg Year Ago Other Economic Indicators
Unemployment Rate (%) Total Housing Starts Single-Family Multifamily
4.9
4.7
4.1
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.6
7190.6 5038.3 2152.3
7645.8 5261.5 2384.3
8125.8 5428.6 2697.2
8497.0 5516.9 2980.1
8780.1 5571.4 3208.7
9007.9 5613.6 3394.4
9192.1 5682.8 3509.4
9274.6 5709.8 3564.9
9377.2 5720.0 3657.3
9412.0 5757.4 3654.7
9557.6 5891.5 3666.1
9639.0 5958.8 3680.1
9661.0 5996.6 3664.4
Institute for Economic Forecasting
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