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Nassau County is the perfect place for business.
Nassau offers businesses a great location, an impressive transportation network, a portfolio of existing and shovel-ready commercial and industrial sites, competitive incentives and an educated workforce.
Nassau’s bountiful housing options, attractive cost of living, and unparalled quality of life with outstanding education, medical care and recreational resources help businesses attract qualified workers.
Nassau has a diverse economy with agricultural activity (mostly in the form of tree farms) in the west and central areas, a variety of commercial, government offices and retail activities closer to and on Amelia Island.
Tree farming is a continuing economic force with small tree farms in the western county and large forested land holdings by Rayonier, which owns one of the two mills in Fernandina Beach. RockTenn Company owns the other.
Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach are important tourist destinations, attracting thousands each year for the beaches, golf, restaurants, hotels, historic sites and year-round cultural and recreational activities.
MAJOR NASSAU COUNTY EMPLOYERS eMPLoYeR
Nassau County School Board Omni Amelia Island Plantation Nassau County
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island Federal Aviation Administration RockTenn
Baptist Medical Center Nassau Walmart Rayonier
Care Center of Nassau Source: Nassau County Economic Development Board 55 SeCtoR Education
Resort/Hospitality Government
Resort/Hospitality Aviation
Manufacturing Healthcare Retail
Manufacturing Healthcare
Nassau County is easily accessible to Jacksonville International Airport. Served by two major railways, it is home to the deepest natural port in the southeastern U.S. coastline and located with 750 miles of 13 major U.S. cities.
From high-tech start-ups to large manufacturing facilities and world headquarters, the businesses in Nassau County are diverse, yet they all have one shared connection: they chose Nassau County as the place to do business.
• Nassau County’s current average annual wage is $37,189.
• tourism-related sales average 36% of Nassau County’s total taxable sales.
• Nassau County is home to more than 6,000 businesses.
NUMBeR oF eMPLoYeeS 1,481 680 672 567 550 445 413 410 280 250
DOING BUSINESS IN NASSAU
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