Census to bring jobs to Jacksonville

The U.S. Census 2010 will bring up to 3,100 part-time jobs to Jacksonville this fall.

Each of the two Jacksonville offices will have about six managers whose salaries will range from $24 per hour to $28 per hour, said Stacy Gimbel, U.S. Census Bureau spokeswoman. The other estimated 39 non-supervisory workers’ salaries will range from $12 per hour to $16 per hour.

Although the manager positions are expected to last about a year, the majority of employees will only work a few months. Each office will hire up to 1,500 workers to follow-up with households that do not mail back their census questionnaires.

The information collected by Census workers will help businesses better understand their customers, said Stan Smith, University of Florida professor of economics and the director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. The census will give businesses a better understanding of how their markets breakdown by age, wealth, ethnic groups and race.

“Given the changes that happen over a decade, business will have an update and be better able to decide where they need to expand,” said Smith.

Census to bring jobs to Jacksonville - Jacksonville Business Journal - July 16, 2009