Latest Headlines
- Updated: Two Stab Each Other Outside Atmore Tractor Supply Company Store In Ongoing Dispute
- Two Injured In Two Wrecks That Slowed Highway 29 Traffic Tuesday Afternoon
- County To Continue Discussions On Latest Offer For OLF-8 Property
- How Cute! Beulah Middle Welcomes Three New Kids
- Tate AJROTC Teams Place In Top 10 At State Competition
- Preview: Northview At Tate Tonight In The Baseball Battle For North Escambia
- Northview Lady Chiefs Shut Out J.U. Blacksher
- Murderer Serving Life Sentence Assaulted Correctional Officer At Century Prison, FDC Says
- U.S. Marshals Track Down Wanted Atmore Fugitive
- Locals Make New $22.5 Million Offer For OLF-8 Property
Area Unemployment Rate Slips Slightly
July 21, 2018
The Escambia County area unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, down 0.4 percentage point from one year ago, according to the latest numbers announced Friday.
The industries with the highest growth over the year in Pensacola were construction, and leisure and hospitality each with 1,000 new jobs. The Pensacola area had 4,543 job openings, including 1,180 openings for high-skill, high-wage STEM occupations.
Florida’s unemployment rate remained at a low of 3.8 percent, a drop of 7 percentage points since December 2010; this drop is faster than the national decline of 5.3 percentage points. In the past year, 130,000 people entered Florida’s labor force, a growth of 1.3 percent, which is greater than the national labor force growth rate of 1.2 percent.
The jobless numbers released by the state do not include persons that have given up on finding a job and are no longer reported as unemployed.
Comments