For the first time ever, there are more jobs in the Florida than there are in New York

For the first time ever, there are more jobs in the Florida than there are in New York, per Bloomberg.

Florida boasted 9,578,500 nonfarm jobs at end of 2022 — 2,000 more than New York’s 9,576,100, according to Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

This is the first time in 40 years.

Last year alone, more than 64,500 former residents of New York State moved to Florida — more than any year in history, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which tracks driver license statistics.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said that it may take another four years for the economy to return to its pre-pandemic levels.