Ormond Beach's job report indicated a 3.2% unemployment rate in December 2018. This rate was lower than the City's rate a year ago of 3.6%. Employment increased by 176 (0.92%) over the year, with current employment of 19,178. The City's jobless rate was slightly lower than the Deltona-Daytona-Ormond Metro Region (3.6%) and the state rate of 3.6%. Ormond Beach's labor force is 19,816.