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Area Unemployment Rates Steady Or Slightly Increasing
August 23, 2015
The latest job numbers released Friday show the unemployment level holding steady to slightly increasing in the three county North Escambia area.
Escambia County’s unemployment rate was steady from June to July at 5.7 percent. There were 7,984 people reported unemployed during the period. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 6.8 percent.
Santa Rosa County unemployment increased, from 4.9 to 5.0 percent from June to July. Santa Rosa County had a total of 3,7530 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 6 percent.
In Escambia County, Alabama, unemployment increased from 8.0 percent in June to 8.1 percent in July. That represente 1,182 people unemployed in the county during the month. One year ago, the unemployment rate in Escambia County, Alabama, was 8.9 percent.
Florida’s unemployment rate for July stood at 5.4 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from revised June numbers. The latest monthly unemployment mark represents 517,000 jobless Floridians from a workforce of 9.5 million, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity. In June, there were an estimated 532,000 Floridians out of work with the workforce standing at 9.55 million.
Alabama’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 6.2 percent in July, was up from June’s rate of 6.1 percent and was below the year-ago rate of 6.6 percent.
The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.
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4 Responses to “Area Unemployment Rates Steady Or Slightly Increasing”
Reported n the news a few days back, Wendy’s is going automative – so much for the $15.00/hr for flipping burgers….after a while, they (Wendy’s)” won’t have to pay anything- cause their wont be anyone left -just machines!
Jimmy & Henry… if ya work in these tourist industries you talk about, Most – if not all are part time jobs that can not claim unemployment. I Got that shirt… working two jobs to try and make a whole.
Once all these tourism service jobs go away for the winter it will skyrocket. That’s Rick Scott has brought. Minimum wage service jobs.
It’s coming to the end up tourist season. Between less money being spent in the economy and seasonal businesses laying off staff, the unemployment numbers should go up a bit as a normal consequence.