Florida staffing and recruitment for non-IT roles
Optihire Staffing recruits non-IT staff for Florida employers: hotels and restaurants, distribution centers, construction crews and electricians, plants and the front-office and customer service teams around them. One recruiter runs your search, and you pay a fee only when you hire a candidate we introduced.
Florida's minimum wage is $15.00 an hour, and private employers with 25 or more employees must use E-Verify for new hires. Construction also outranks manufacturing here by payroll jobs.
Contingency Recruitment
You pay a recruitment fee only when a successful candidate is hired, subject to agreed terms.
Florida jobs by sector
Payroll jobs in the sectors we recruit for, in thousands (September 2026, preliminary, seasonally adjusted). Sales, office and customer service roles sit inside almost every sector, so they have no row of their own.
| Sector | Jobs (thousands) |
|---|---|
| Trade, transportation and utilities | 1,993.4 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 1,345.3 |
| Construction | 657 |
| Manufacturing | 428.9 |
| All nonfarm jobs | 10,045.4 |
Source: BLS Economy at a Glance: Florida
Where we recruit most in Florida
Trade, transportation and utilities is Florida's biggest sector in our table. We recruit warehouse workers and forklift operators At companies with 25 or more employees, new hires also go through E-Verify, so we plan start dates around it.
Over 1.3 million Florida payroll jobs are in leisure and hospitality. We screen line cooks and front desk agents for weekend and holiday availability and for the pace of the kitchen or lobby they have worked.
Florida's Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board is set up under Chapter 489 of the Florida Statutes. We check licenses for electricians and screen construction laborers for reliability, safety training and transport to the site.
We recruit production operators and machine operators screened on the equipment they have run and the shifts they can keep.
Roles we fill in Florida
Each guide covers what the job involves, what to screen for and the interview questions worth asking.
Hiring rules to know in Florida
General information checked against official sources on 2026-11-11, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm with the linked agency or your own counsel before you act. See our editorial standards.
Minimum wage
Florida's minimum wage is $15.00 an hour. From January 1, 2028 it is scheduled to change each year by a set formula.
E-Verify at 25 employees
Since July 1, 2023, private employers with 25 or more employees must use E-Verify for new employees, under section 448.095 of the Florida Statutes.
Electrical contractor licensing
Electrical contractors are regulated by the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board created under Part II of Chapter 489, Florida Statutes.
Workplace safety
Florida has no OSHA-approved State Plan, so federal OSHA covers most private-sector workplaces.
Hiring in Florida?
Tell us the role, the site location, the shift and the pay range. You pay a recruitment fee only when a successful candidate is hired, subject to agreed terms.
Hiring in more than one state? See every state hiring guide or read how we screen candidates.