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Local Unemployment Rates Show Largest Increase In Months
March 14, 2017
The latest job numbers released Monday show the employment rate increased in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Escambia County’s seasonably adjusted unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent in December to 5.5 percent in January. There were 7,786 people reported unemployed during the period. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 5.3 percent.
“Hardworking businesses in the Pensacola area have created 4,100 new jobs over the year – creating thousands of opportunities for North Florida families. We will keep fighting to diversify our economy and grow jobs so Florida remains the best place to work, live and build a business,” Gov. Rick Scott said.
The industries with the largest job gains in the Pensacola area over the year were leisure and hospitality with 1,800 new jobs and trade, transportation and utilities with 1,000 new jobs. The Pensacola area had 4,161 job openings in January, including 1,256 openings for high-skill, high-wage STEM occupations.
Santa Rosa County unemployment rate jumped from 4.4 to 5.1 percent from December January. Santa Rosa County had a total of 3,863 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 4.8 percent.
Florida’s unemployment rate was 5 percent in January, up 0.1 percentage point from the end of 2016. Scott went to Herc Rentals, an equipment rental firm headquartered in Bonita Springs, to announce the numbers. In a news release, Scott focused on private-sector job growth and his support for the economic-development agency Enterprise Florida.
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.
The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.
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2 Responses to “Local Unemployment Rates Show Largest Increase In Months”
I imagine the rate jumped because of the end of the Christmas season jobs. Sometimes in life you have to take the job you don’t want in order to get the job you do want. There’s no shame in honest work.
Century Correctional and Santa Rosa Correctional are begging for applicants!