FL Unemployment Rate Dips To 4.3 Percent

WFSU | By Nick Evans

Published June 16, 2017 at 3:58 PM EDT

After months in plateau, the Florida unemployment rate is sliding downward.

Florida’s jobless rate in May dipped to 4.3 percent matching the national rate for the first time since September. Department of Economic Opportunity director Cissy Proctor says that’s the third month in a row the rate has dropped.

“In March the unemployment rate in Florida was 4.8 percent,” Proctor explains, “dropped [point] 3 percentage points to 4.5 in April, and again point 2 percentage points to 4.3 in May.”

Before that, unemployment for the state was five percent. It’s been almost ten years since the rate has been this low.

Nick Evans

Nick Evans came to Tallahassee to pursue a masters in communications at Florida State University. He graduated in 2014, but not before picking up an internship at WFSU. While he worked on his degree Nick moved from intern, to part-timer, to full-time reporter. Before moving to Tallahassee, Nick lived in and around the San Francisco Bay Area for 15 years. He listens to far too many podcasts and is a die-hard 49ers football fan. When Nick’s not at work he likes to cook, play music and read.

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