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Florida: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Florida from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.4%#37 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20253.9%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 202511.11M0.0% on a year earlier
Employed, 202510.67M436,616 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
7M8M9M10M11M12M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20253.9%11,109,30010,672,684436,616
20243.4%11,114,23310,741,571372,662
20232.9%11,021,97610,697,824324,152
20223.0%10,708,01010,383,788324,222
20214.7%10,307,4149,821,945485,469
20208.0%10,056,2069,249,303806,903
20193.2%10,256,7949,923,974332,820
20183.6%10,098,8209,731,497367,323
20174.3%9,970,9219,545,001425,920
20164.9%9,791,7379,313,287478,450
20155.5%9,596,7769,067,636529,140
20146.5%9,502,1598,888,389613,770
20137.5%9,380,9188,675,453705,465
20128.7%9,316,9288,509,232807,696
201110.2%9,279,2598,335,096944,163
201011.3%9,246,5298,205,3771,041,152
200910.2%9,197,9038,256,432941,471
20086.3%9,313,3078,727,506585,801
20074.0%9,270,4768,899,131371,345
20063.3%9,083,6158,785,081298,534
20053.7%8,798,5628,470,043328,519
20044.6%8,490,6128,098,429392,183
20035.3%8,254,6347,818,466436,168
20025.6%8,151,2077,691,839459,368
20014.7%8,081,8087,702,461379,347
20003.7%7,908,8817,613,741295,140
19993.9%7,687,2477,384,098303,149
19984.4%7,529,5517,195,954333,597
19974.9%7,368,3047,004,894363,410
19965.3%7,169,1186,790,347378,771
19955.6%7,029,5356,634,765394,770
19946.5%6,921,8396,471,343450,496
19937.4%6,752,3636,254,688497,675
19928.4%6,633,8726,076,283557,589
19917.7%6,526,3386,026,712499,626
19906.2%6,506,2916,103,602402,689
19895.6%6,363,0316,005,994357,037
19885.2%6,166,1495,845,971320,178
19875.4%5,940,0785,618,738321,340
19865.8%5,658,8555,328,031330,824
19856.1%5,409,8815,080,342329,539
19846.6%5,198,2464,856,842341,404
19838.6%4,939,8524,514,185425,667
19828.5%4,728,1744,324,040404,134
19816.8%4,549,6724,241,137308,535
19806.0%4,315,6854,057,730257,955
19796.0%4,141,8533,894,608247,245
19786.8%3,961,5463,692,603268,943
19778.3%3,730,4253,422,065308,360
19769.3%3,598,8393,264,416334,423

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.