Escambia County Unemployment Drops

November 19, 2017

Friday, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Escambia County area added 2,800 new private-sector jobs in the last year. The area’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3 percent, down 1.5 percentage points from a year ago. Statewide, Florida businesses created 127,400 new jobs in October and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent, the lowest rate since February 2007. Since December 2010, Florida businesses have created 1,448,300 new private-sector jobs.

Governor Scott said, “The decline in the local unemployment rate partnered with the thousands of new jobs has helped families in the Pensacola area find the opportunities they need to succeed. I am proud to announce that Florida’s unemployment rate has also reached a more than 10-year low of 3.6 percent, and we will continue to fight every day to make our state the top destination for job creation.”

The industries with the highest growth over the year in Pensacola were professional and business services with 1,500 new jobs and leisure and hospitality with 1,100 new jobs. The Escambia County area had 4,757 job openings in October, including 1,411 openings for high-skill, high-wage STEM occupations.

In the last year, 216,000 people entered Florida’s labor force, a growth of 2.2 percent. This rate is more than four times the national labor force growth rate of only 0.5 percent. In October, 23,082 Floridians were placed in jobs by CareerSource Escarosa and the state’s other 23 local workforce boards.

Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia County Unemployment Drops”

  1. David Huie Green on November 23rd, 2017 2:10 pm

    Regarding:
    “there are few life supporting jobs available.”

    And yet people aren’t dropping dead in droves.

    David for checking claims

  2. anne 1of2 on November 19th, 2017 4:14 pm

    I am at the age of shake my head and laugh. I had a cashier adjust her cell phone today so she could hear her music while she checked out my groceries! It is a whole new world out there. I am jealous, lol.

  3. Sage2 on November 19th, 2017 11:03 am

    WORK is one of the four lettered words some people just try to avoid. Even college graduates must have some entry-level position. Rarely does anyone start at the top.
    Whatever WORK one does, do the best you can!
    Pay and skill will pay off.

    Remember, life is as a ladder…one rung at the time…slip…start over.

  4. Don on November 19th, 2017 7:09 am

    There well may be “jobs” but they are 90% minimum wage part time(8-10 hours per week) there are few life supporting jobs available.

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