Resources for Employers and Job Seekers

For employers

Retail wage guide by state
What retail and grocery roles pay in every U.S. state: federal median wages and each state’s minimum wage. Choose a state to compare it with the national figures.
Staffing pay planner
A planning guide built from federal median wages: pick a role, a state and the size of your team to see what the wages add up to. Your quote from Alto covers the rest.
Seasonal hiring calendar
Month by month, when leisure and hospitality jobs rise and fall across the Florida Panhandle, from federal employment data, and when to book your seasonal team.
Panhandle Hiring Index
Every quarter: how many people work in the Florida Panhandle, in hospitality and retail, and how unemployment compares with a year earlier and with Florida. From federal data, free to cite.
Panhandle Seasonal Workforce Report
Local wages, the seasonal hiring calendar, H-2B cap status and live demand from our own listings, in one report that updates itself.
A retailer’s guide to J-1
Which store roles can fit, what sponsors do, and how to start.
Employer FAQ
Short answers to the questions businesses ask us most.
The season is won before it starts
What hotels, restaurants, grocery and retail employers in Destin, Panama City Beach, Santa Rosa Beach and Miramar Beach get wrong about seasonal hiring, and the five steps that fix it.
H-2B cap and deadline tracker
Where the cap stands and when to file, with verification dates.