Drew DixonMay 23, 2024
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Florida's drop in new weekly unemployment claims reflect the national trend.
Tag: Jobless rate
Drew DixonMay 23, 2024Drew DixonApril 29, 2024
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Florida's unemployment rate continues to out-perform the national average.
Wire ServicesMarch 26, 2021
5min2269
The state is faring better than the nation, which had a 6.2% unemployment rate.
Wire ServicesJanuary 23, 2021
7min563
Unemployment dipped 2/10 of a point to 6.1%.
Drew DixonMay 22, 2020
4min338
DeSantis said jobless figures could be 'way worse' without his actions.
Scott PowersDecember 21, 2018
2min330
Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3 percent in November, the lowest point since 2006, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday morning. The governor’s last jobs report of his eight-year tenure [the December numbers will be reported after he leaves office] highlighted the point that 1.67 million private-sector jobs were added since December 2010, when Florida was […]
Associated PressMarch 14, 2016
1min193
Florida leads the nation in job growth according to new federal jobless reports. Florida’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5 percent in January according to state officials. That’s higher than the national jobless rate of 4.9 percent. But the state did add 32,200 jobs that month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that this […]
Associated PressNovember 20, 2015
1min247
Florida’s unemployment rate is still continuing to dip slightly. The October unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, compared with 5.2 percent in the previous month. According to figures released Friday by the Department of Economic Opportunity, the state added 35,200 jobs last month. The jobless rate remains higher than the national rate of 5 percent with […]