JAXUSA Prtnership s regionl focus includes seven Northest Florid counties. With 1.5 million residents, the region offers endless opportunities nd superior qulity of life. The Jcksonville re continues to experience positive growth s more people discover its perfect blnce between business opportunities nd lifestyle. WHY Northest Florid? Our compny loclly employs more thn 5,000 workers in the consumer finnce industry, mking us one of the lrgest finncil services employers in the region nd committed prtner to helping foster the locl tlent pool. Mtt Jenkins, Jcksonville Site President, Citi Deutsche Bnk s Globl Business Services Center in Jcksonville is involved on the opertionl side of finncil services, which hs gret degree of complexity tht requires certin mount of expertise. With rich nd deep tlent pool, Jcksonville provides unique opportunity to stff these needs. Leslie Slover, Regionl Hed of Jcksonville nd Cry, N.C., Deutsche Bnk Ares of EXCELLENCE Finncil Services Support Investment Bnking Mortgge Sles nd Service Softwre Development 41000 3 500 FORTUNE FORTUNE 80+ HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL OR DIVISIONAL Jcksonville is home to four Fortune 1000 nd three Fortune 500 compny hedqurters, more thn ny other city in Florid. More thn 80 locl compnies hve ntionl or divisionl hedqurters in Northest Florid. The Region s Leding Finncil Services nd Insurnce Employers No. of employees BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH Bnking nd Investments 8,000 FLORIDA BLUE Hedqurters - Helth Insurnce 6,000 CITIBANK Consumer Lending 5,000 JPMORGAN CHASE Mortgge 3,400 WELLS FARGO Bnking 3,000 FIDELITY NATIONAL Hedqurters & Title Insurnce & IT Solutions 2,900 AETNA Helth Insurnce 1,700 DEUTSCHE BANK Bnking 1,500 EVERBANK Bnking 1,400 ALLY Consumer Auto Finncing VYSTAR CREDIT UNION Bnking HQ 1,100 ALLSTATE WORKPLACE DIVISION Hedqurters - Insurnce STATE FARM Insurnce PRUDENTIAL Finncil Advisors 900 VOYA Employee Benefits Mngers 750 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Investments 700 SUNTRUST Bnking 640 CIT Equipment Lesing 600 PHH MORTGAGE Mortgge 600 KEMPER, UNITRIN BUSINESS HQ - Insurnce 460 ENHANCED RECOVERY CORPORATION Debt Recovery 430 Forbes mgzine rnked Jcksonville s the 5th Best City for Steling Jobs from Wll Street.
13 mjor bnks nd investment services Protected from Hurricnes In the pst 100 firms on the Forbes Globl 500 list YEARS, NO HURRICANE Ctegory 3 or higher hs mde lndfll in Northest Florid; only Hurricne Dor in 1964, which brely reched Ctegory 2. 1904 Ctegory 2 2017 Jcksonville Interntionl Airport (JAX) 95+ NON-STOP DAILY FLIGHTS 29 15% DIRECT AIRPORTS STRATEGIC Business Loction Tucked wy in the westernmost point of the Est Cost, Jcksonville is the lest likely plce on the Atlntic or Gulf Costs to experience hurricne. Due to recurvture effect, storms heding towrd Jcksonville re influenced by the Bermud high pressure system from the west nd re driven northwrd. LOWER TICKET PRICE thn Est Cost hubs Affordble Construction & Rel Estte 18% The cost of constructing new fcilities in Jcksonville is LOWER THAN U.S. AVERAGE Mjor Southest Lndflling Hurricnes Ctegory 3 nd Above (1899-2017) Rel estte lese rtes re below most mjor metro res, verging $22.01 per SQFT CLASS A 8.5% VACANCY RATE CLASS A Positive Tx Advntges NO Ctegory 3 Ctegory 4 Ctegory 5 After investing more thn $300 million to construct nd expnd the terminl nd its three concourses, JAX is now one of the most modern irports in the world. CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAX TAXES ON INVENTORIES TAXES ON FOREIGN INCOME The Wll Street Journl recently fetured Jcksonville story with the hedline: Deutsche Bnkers Wrm Up to Florid......In Shift South, Stff Are Trding Subwys for Surfbords
Northest Florid is TALENT MAGNET According to the Americn Community Survey, Young & Dynmic Workforce 7.2% of the Jcksonville re popultion is bilingul. Northest Florid s popultion is more thn 1.6 million nd the totl workforce is comprised of 830,000 people. The medin ge in Jcksonville is 38, providing young nd dynmic workforce equl in ge to the ntionl verge nd three yers lower thn the Florid verge. Rnked in Next Genertion Consulting s Hotspots for Young Professionls Jcksonville ws the only Florid city with popultion over 500,000 to rnk s hot spot for Young Professionls to live nd work in the U.S. Stedy Strem of Skilled Workers Our region employs 60,000+ people in finncil services in vriety of front, middle nd bck office functions within bnking, investments, mortgge nd insurnce sectors. Reserch shows Jcksonville continues to be top re for ttrcting young professionls. More thn 3,000 retiring nd seprting militry workers Forbes rnked Jcksonville in the Top 10 Cities ttrcting college grds. Medin Finncil Services nd Insurnce Slries in Jcksonville JAX NYC JAX NYC Accountnts nd Auditors $62,970 $84,430 Insurnce Clims nd Policy Processing Clerks $35,549 $43,868 Bookkeeping, Accounting nd Auditing Clerks $35,521 $42,495 Insurnce Sles Agents $64,217 $64,917 Business Opertions Specilists, All Other $61,634 $74,289 Insurnce Underwriters $56,516 $90,119 Computer User Support Specilists $42,003 $56,482 Lon Interviewers nd Clerks $39,009 $41,387 Credit Anlysts $71,510 $99,665 Lon Officers $62,463 $88,614 Customer Service Representtives $29,854 $37,769 Mngement Anlysts $75,086 $94,592 Finncil Anlysts $66,979 $99,655 Personl Finncil Advisors $81,283 $115,243 Securities, Commodities, Finncil Serv. Sles Agents $57,531 $137,772 Title Exminers, Abstrctors nd Serchers $45,384 $49,091 Trining nd Development Specilists $55,758 $66,184 Finncil Mngers Finncil Specilists, All Other Generl nd Opertions Mngers $119,190 $169,023 $61,824 $78,139 $106,127 $139,907 Inc. mgzine rnked Jcksonville s the 12th Best Lrge City for Business.
AFFORDABLE Cost of Living 230.8 188.5 146.3 Cost of Living Index 97.7 97.0 95.8 L E, F L VIL ON S K JAC 95.8 103.7 114.3 X A CA FL Y SC, FL, GA n, T o, C ch, mi, ), N on, nt sto tn cisc Mi Be t lest n r Atl g Hou Fr nh Ch Lon Sn lesk (M Yor nge A w Ne Los ndo Orl OUTSTANDING Eductionl Opportunities Home to two of Americ s Top 10 High Schools Jcksonville is home to top-rnked public nd privte K-12 schools. Newsweek nmed two Jcksonville high schools, Stnton College Prep nd Pxon School for Advnced Studies, in its Americ s Top 10 High Schools list. NewGeogrphy rnked Jcksonville in the Top 10 for Americ s New Brinpower Cities. One of the Best Plces to Attend College The Americn Institute of Economic Reserch rnked Jcksonville 17 out of 360 mid-sized cities tht re the best plces to ttend college. In 2013, the University of North Florid ws nmed one of the top colleges nd universities by Forbes mgzine s Americ s Best Colleges list. There re more thn 20 colleges, universities nd community colleges in the re with totl enrollment of more thn 65,000 students. Mjor Colleges nd Universities In or Ner Jcksonville (2014) Enrollment Bchelors Grdute 15,984 3,208 549 4,085 917 342 25,541 689 Flgler College 2,782 562 St. Johns River Stte College 7,114 73 University of Florid (UF) 49,459 8,393 3,630 University of Centrl Florid (UCF) 60,767 12,629 2,232 Florid Stte University (FSU) 41,226 8,421 2,153 Florid A&M (FAMU) 10,241 1,507 231 217,199 36,399 9,137 University of North Florid (UNF) Jcksonville University (JU) Florid Stte College t Jcksonville (FSCJ) TOTAL
Jcksonville s Qulity of Life is HARD TO BEAT No. 1 Best City for Recretion Northest Florid is known for its outdoor recretionl opportunities, feturing 90 miles of beches long the Atlntic Ocen nd the mjestic St. Johns River for boting, fishing nd kyking. Prenting mgzine rnked Jcksonville number one on the list of Ten Best Cities for Recretion. Jcksonville lso bosts more thn 131 squre miles of city, stte nd ntionl prks mking it the lrgest urbn prk system in the ntion. Ninth Best City to Shop Forbes mgzine rnked Jcksonville s the ninth Best U.S. Shopping City. Jcksonville hs severl gret shopping centers including the newest ddition t St. Johns Town Center, n outdoor mll tht lso fetures vriety of high-end dining, nightlife, hotels nd residentil living options. A Sports Enthusists Plyground Sports enthusists cn cheer for the NFL s Jcksonville Jgurs, the Jcksonville Suns AA bsebll tem nd the new Jcksonville Armd. The region lso fetures more thn 85 elite golf courses, including the fmed Plyers Stdium Course t TPC Swgrss nd the World Golf Hll of Fme. World-Clss Helth Cre Our region offers world-clss helth cre system, home to one of only three Myo Clinic cmpuses in the U.S. nd severl other distinguished re hospitls nd medicl reserch fcilities. Top Art Destintion AmericnStyle mgzine rnked Jcksonville s one of its Top 25 Arts Destintions. Culture lovers will pprecite the Museum of Contemporry Art, Cummer Museum nd Grdens nd Museum of Science nd History, s well s the Jcksonville Zoo nd Grdens. The re is lso home to severl performing rts venues nd the world-renowned Jcksonville Symphony. Region s Fst FACTS: More thn 60,000 people re employed in Jcksonville s finncil services industry Top City for Relocting Fmilies Plug-nd-ply office solutions with competitive lese rtes nd low txes Jcksonville ws rnked in the Top 10 of Mobility mgzine s Best Cities for Relocting Fmilies. The verge commute time to work is only 25 minutes. The verge cost of newly constructed 2,400 squre foot home in Jcksonville is only $265,289. Our region bosts more thn 185 A-rted schools with proven trck record of superior performnce. Contct JAXUSA Prtnership if your compny is Considering n Expnsion or Reloction. The JAXUSA Prtnership is Jcksonville nd Northest Florid s regionl economic development inititive supporting Bker, Cly, Duvl, Flgler, Nssu, Putnm nd St. Johns counties. Plese let us know how we cn help grow your compny in Jcksonville nd Northest Florid by contcting: Cthy Chmbers, Senior Vice President (904) 366-6667 or cchmbers@