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Labor Day By The Numbers: Increasing Unemployment In Escambia County
September 7, 2020
Here’s a look at the latest pandemic employment numbers for Escambia County.
The most recent numbers from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity were released in late August and included employment statistics through the end of July.
The unemployment rate in Escambia County was 9.2% in July, up from 7.9% in June. That represents 13,167 people out of work out of a county workforce of 142,520. One year ago, Escambia County’s unemployment rate was just 3.5%, or 5,126 people.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced the Pensacola area private-sector employment decreased by 7,100 jobs (-4.5%) over the year. The industry losing the most jobs over the year was leisure and hospitality (-3,100 jobs). Construction was the only major industry that gained jobs over the year in July 2020 (+100 jobs).
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.3 percent in July 2020, up 1.0 percentage point from the revised June 2020 rate, and up 8.2 percentage points from a year ago. There were 1,125,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 9,975,000.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in July.
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16 Responses to “Labor Day By The Numbers: Increasing Unemployment In Escambia County”
@BRING IT ON
…no. workers in America today have to work longer hours for less pay and fewer social securities than any generation in the past. Sure, there are some people who are lazy, but the vast majority are doing their best to provide for their families.
If we had listened to the advice of scientists from the CDC and WHO andclosed down our economy for 2-3 weeks like nearly every other modernized country on Earth, we wouldn’t be in this issue. But hey, we might have 200,000 dead Americans, but at least the stock market is doing great, right?
it’s due to the deadbeats laying around collecting that ridiculous stimulus. This wouldn’t be happening if they didn’t shut the country down. It was for 2 weeks, that was a joke. Trump trusted those so called scientists and look what it
got him. All it produced was laziness These days hardly anyone has any pride in working a days labor…..pathetic. You feed a dog on the couch that’s where he’ll stay. There’s work if you want it.
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Tom, that’s incorrect sir . I have family members in LA Already receiving the 400/wk Stimulus . People can blame FL for the delay not the Fed System
No one is currently collecting anything other than the $275 weekly FL provides. Because as is common knowledge the $600 ended July 25th and the promised 3 to 400 has not begun to payout. I truly believe most middle class jobs are not hiring and only minimum wage can be found. The same reason more than 50% of young adult up to there 30s are living with parents.
I?took a job paying 40$MORE RHAN MY UNEMPLOYMENT WGICH WAS 225$a week the extra helped in get by .now um naking leas without the extrs. Benefit i could see tge light if i could just reciece the exra imcome it wouild help me keep afloat but between now and than. Going. Dowm instead om thaying even or kewoping afloat and im hifh risk ans have a mother thats hihj risk and i don’t wamt to brimg norhing gome to ger
Bob- Fl minimum wage is $8.56. Everyone else – Some adults (me) have tried looking for better jobs but can’t get hired. Some employers also don’t pay a fair wage for what their employees are doing or give you liveable hours. I was out of work for a month and at that time it did pay more because of the extra $600/wk, but as soon as the company re-opened I went back to work with reduced hours. So please people don’t say that all people don’t want to work and companies are hiring because companies are able to be really selective right now.
Bob, You are very mistaken sir.. MANY of the Unemployed are currently collecting Federal Stimulus $ on top of Unemployment. Unfortunately, I have family members (whom are to SORRY to work) collecting more than they ever did when they were employed.. The Free loaders out weigh the honest Workers these days
Bob if unemployment were figured based on earnings like it has been in the past you would be correct But to get an extra $600 per week due to the pandemic makes being out of work quite attractive, don’t you agree?
Wrong Amy, I am 77 years old on social security (not swimming in money. ) I saw every day that nobody wants to work. Easier to ride around on golf carts, motor bikes, etc. – go out in the Gulf to go fishing .
The story that people are making more money on unemployment than they were at their jobs is a myth. The maximum weekly unemployment payout for the state of Florida is $275/week. Minimum wage in Florida is $7.25/hour, or $290/week.
Instead of blaming our neighbors who lost their jobs and homes due to a mismanaged pandemic, what if we blamed the small group of multibillionaires and corporations that looted our economy?
@bewildered – you must have money to say something so assanine. Research by Forbes proved that the extra money was NOT discouraging people from returning to work. I have an autoimmune disorder that makes me high risk, so working is impossible for me right now due to health risk. Do not assume that people don’t need financial help just because you are clearly biased.
“Get to work” states the facts.
It’s so easy to collect unemployment, lay at home watching TV, drinking alcohol, ingesting your drugs, making babies (so we can pay for them too).
Go to work you free-loaders.
It seems like every business in Ensley is hiring..
Melissa Pino please explain who is suffering financially? You cannot get any teenager to work for 10 -12 bucks an hour (never mind an adult) performing simple yard work, etc. Everybody gets free everything – food, rent We cannot stick our heads in the sand and encourage people not to work because unemployment benefits and freebies far exceed what normal paychecks used to be, And that is Trump’s and the Republicans fault to put such a crazy policy into place – so lets not do the “Racist” route. ;
Tip of the iceberg. This is nothing to what we will see in the coming months, as this pandemic drags on with our government’s best plan being to hope for a miracle while attempting to lie it away.
I don’t say that for the purpose of being a Negative Nelly. We have got to start planning for this–and worse–and stop hiding our heads in the sand on the direction the economy is heading.
One of the most pressing issues: we need real solutions for the increase in homelessness. Not (un)affordable housing or tiny homes (the latter of which I love, but the direction here is certainly not headed for providing them to the needy).
For those of us who have had the good fortune to remain okay financially so far, this is the calm before the storm.
For a great many in our community, who evidently suffer unnoticed in front of a majority of the political and chattering classes, the storm has already hit.
Lots of folks are out of work right now because it paid them more NOT to work during this supposed “crisis”. Yet it seems every time I go out you find signs from businesses needing help. Get off your butts, get a job and quit looking for the easy way all the time. This number of unemployed folks just proves laziness and excuses.