The old way of counting was based on large firms creating jobs....and I can tell you....Florida is almost all small businesses and they are everywhere.
shelter folk picking up cans to buy a drink, squeegemen, unemployed anybodies who would rather call themselves "consultants" than admit they are out of work; the 10 yr old running the lemonade stand in her front yard, the "sub-contractor" cultist selling flowers at the airport.
etc.
That's the problem. the household survey is self styled and self identifying. the payroll survey means someone else has hired you and is withholding taxes on your behalf to pay the govt. It's the gold standard.
Thanks. Surely the govt has formulas for including those. But you know how that goes: garbage in + garbage out.