Unemployment

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity will release new workforce data on October 20. Anca Voicu, professor at Rollins College, says the current job market favors workers.

Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 9.3% in December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office. That rate fell from 8.5% in January 2021, the month Joe Biden was sworn in, to 4.9% in August 2023.

Our soaring economy may be leaving some Floridians behind.

The estimated 295,000 Floridians out of work in mid-July is an increase of around 5,000 from the previous month.

As construction jobs showed an uptick for the first time in 2023, Florida's near-historic low unemployment rate remained unchanged in June.

Florida's unemployment rate has remained at 2.6 percent since January, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.

The unemployment rate dropped to 2.5% in December, down from 2.6% in November.

The November rate of 2.6% was down from 2.7% in October. An estimated 280,000 Floridians qualified as unemployed in November.

Counties in southwest Florida saw an uptick in unemployment after Hurricane Ian. Here's how one charter boat captain in DeSoto County is faring.

October's jobless rate was 2.7%, up from a historic low of 2.5% in September.

In the four weeks before Ian made landfall Sept. 28, Florida averaged 5,498 unemployment claims a week. In the four weeks after Ian, the state averaged 10,779 claims a week.

Between September 2021 and September 2022, Florida’s labor force grew by 316,000, or 3%.