unemployment rate

While the state has ramped up efforts to push people back into the labor force, it has also seen the number of people leaving jobs jump from 193,000 in Sept. 2020 to 264,000 in Sept. 2021.

The state also saw some improvements in its leisure and hospitality industry.

An estimated 503,000 people qualified as unemployed in May, up from 488,000 a month earlier.

It now stands at 6.1%, below the national rate of 6.7%.

New claims for unemployment benefits rise to 1.4 million, a sign that the labor market is deteriorating as businesses close their doors again after the pandemic intensifies.

Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.4% in June from the previous month’s 13.7%.The drop reflects the reopening of the state’s theme parks,…

Another 1.5 million people file for unemployment benefits for the first time, but the number who are continuing to seek the payments continues to decline as workers return to their jobs.

The number of people filing for unemployment climbed by another 5.2 million, as the toll of the nation's economic dive continues to mount. In the past four weeks, 22 million have filed claims.

Gov. Rick Scott will exit the governor’s mansion proclaiming an unemployment rate that is nearly 8 percentage points lower than when he moved in.The state…

The ninth annual veterans survey from the Jacksonville-based Wounded Warriors Project shows those surveyed made a 40 percent employment gain between...

Florida leads the nation in job growth according to new federal jobless reports.Florida's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5 percent in January…

Florida's unemployment rate continues to drop.This morning, the state's December 2014 unemployment numbers were released. Last month, the unemployment…