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Scott: Area Adds Almost 5,000 Jobs
May 23, 2015
Governor Rick Scott has announced that the Pensacola metro area again experienced positive annual job growth over the year in April 2015 with 4,900 new jobs. The area’s unemployment rate declined by 0.7 percentage point over the year, from 5.7 percent in April 2014 to 5.0 percent in April 2015. Florida businesses have added more than 865,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010.
Governor Scott said, “Our work to make Florida the most business-friendly state in the nation is paying off in Pensacola as 4,900 new jobs have been added over the year. Florida has seen positive job creation statewide with more than 865,600 private-sector jobs added across the state since December 2010.”
The industries with the largest job gains in the Pensacola metro area over the year were education and health services with 1,000 new jobs, leisure and hospitality with 900 new jobs, and trade, transportation, and utilities with 800 new jobs. The Pensacola metro area had the fastest annual job growth rate compared to all metro areas in financial activities at 5.7 percent in April 2015, tied with the Orlando metro area. The Pensacola metro area had 6,223 online job openings in April 2015 and 1,014 openings for high wage, high skill science technology engineering math (STEM) occupations over the year.
Florida created 25,800 private-sector jobs in April 2015, and a total of 865,600 private-sector jobs since December 2010. Florida’s statewide unemployment rate for April 2015 was 5.6 percent. In April, more than 37,600 Floridians were placed in jobs by CareerSource Escarosa and the state’s other 23 Regional Workforce Boards.
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10 Responses to “Scott: Area Adds Almost 5,000 Jobs”
Wow…. $52,000 a year and benefits for life. I’m sure you’re the first to offer up your money to make that happen.
@Terry
How about people improving their skill sets so that they can earn a living wage. Minimum wage jobs are supposed to be entry level positions, not career choices. Besides, when minimum wage is raised, so are the wages of skilled employees as well as the cost of living; eventually making the raised minimum wage worth no more than it was before the raise.
EMS, LEO, Firefighters all should be making at least 25.00 dollars an hour plus full benefits !! IMHO
It is just like Gov. Scott to jump up and take the credit every time new jobs come to our area.
People that are getting minimum wage now make almost as much as starting wage for a paramedic like myself. I went to college and have an AAS. I’d like a wage that is in line with my education but that doesn’t mean I’ll get it. I used to work at a McDonald’s part time as an EMT to make ends meet and the guy that hired me stated “good luck. I hope you last here” I asked him how hard was it to flip burgers. His reply,”you don’t need a lot of intelligence to work here.” I lasted 3 months because I worked with teeny boppers that just wouldn’t show up for shifts,or they’d smoke wacky tobacky in the parking lot or were just downright lazy and it wasnt all just young kids. I got tired of doing the work of three for $8.00 an hour and quit after three months. If they want more money perhaps they should work to get it.
Complain about temp Jobs, Ya can Blame Nancy Pelosi & Obama DO-NOT-Care for that one.
How about you work on raising the minimum wage to a living wage.
Hey Gov. Scott, how come GE uses temp. workers to build those wind generators.. What’s up with that !! Is that what you mean by business friendly state ? Low wages, Zero benefits ? No taxes to support infrastructure and roads they use ?
It would be interesting to know the names of the companies, organizations, that hired these folks.
Glad they have found work but what are they doing and for what group?
Are “new jobs” additional jobs to the existing work force or are these “replacement” jobs for people who have left or retired?
Ya ‘want sum fries with that job?