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Current Employment Conditions...
15.0%
Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Jobs
Percent Change from Same Month Prior Year
July 2023 Nonfarm Jobs (YOY)
US: 2.2%
FL:
3.2%
At the onset of the COVID pandemic,
employment dropped by almost 1.3 million
jobs from February 2020 to April 2020, a
decline of 14.1 percent. In July 2023, Florida
exceeded the pre-pandemic level (February
2020) by 704,000 jobs, a gain of 7.8%.
July 2023 Unemployment Rate
US: 3.5%
FL: 2.7% (295,300 jobless persons)
The Economic Estimating Conference assumes
the "full employment" unemployment rate is
about 4 percent.
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16.0%
14.0%
Florida
-United States
12.0%
(seasonally adjusted)
United States and Florida Unemployment Rates
Source: Florida Department of Commerce, Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research, Current Employment Statistics
Program in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 18, 2023.
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Florida's unemployment rate had been below
4.0 percent from January 2018 through
February 2020. With the onset of the
pandemic, the unemployment rate spiked to
14.1 percent in May 2020, handily surpassing
the prior peak rate of 10.9 percent experienced
in the first four months of 2010 during the
Great Recession.
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Source: Florida Department of Commerce, Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research, Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Program, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 18, 2023.
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3.5%
2.7%
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2.2%
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