Job Impact on Florida

Disney World, opened in October of 1971, has a large impact locally on the state of Florida. As the largest employer in the Orlando area, Disney provides160,000 jobs—just under half of the work force at Disney itself and the other at outside contractors. Six percent of all jobs in Florida attribute to Disney and salaries paid to workers top $1.8 billion. Many critics argue, however, that Disney pays such a low-wage employment and employs many of the local residents, so the standard of living has dropped in the Orlando area (Ling).

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