Tier 1 · Included in base scope
Shift-Share Decomposition
Decompose employment growth into national, industry-mix, and regional-share effects.
Marine & Life Sciences · 2014–2024 employment change
1,750 net new jobs · decomposed
Real local competitive advantage — defend and expand.
Of the 1,750-job gain over 2014–2024, only 600 came from the U.S. economy growing and 400 from being in a growth-tilted national industry. The remaining +750 — the regional-share component — is genuine St. Petersburg competitive advantage. This is what the strategy must protect and amplify.
Recommendation
Lock in cluster investment. Marine Sciences is a defensible, location-specific advantage; double-down on anchor recruitment and SRI-adjacent build-out.
Illustrative dummy data
All figures shown are illustrative and chosen to demonstrate three meaningfully different findings. Final analysis at engagement award is derived from authoritative sources (BLS, ACS, Florida DEO, IMPLAN, CoStar) with full methodology documentation.
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