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Escambia County Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly
March 29, 2021
The unemployment rate in Escambia County decreased last month, according to data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
The unemployment rate in Escambia County was 4% in February, down from 4.5% in January. That represents 5,892 people out of work out of a county workforce of 147,893. One year ago, Escambia County’s unemployment rate was 3.4%, or 4,980 people.
Three major industries in the Escambia area gained jobs over the year in February 2021. These industries include professional and business services, increasing by 2,000 jobs; trade, transportation, and utilities, increasing by 400 jobs; and financial activities, increasing by 100 jobs. The area private sector employment decreased by 1,700 jobs, a decline of 1.1 percent over the year. The industry losing the most jobs over the year was leisure and hospitality, decreasing by 2,700 jobs.
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in February, down 0.1 percentage point from the January rate, and up 1.4% from a year ago. There were 474,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 10,124,000. The U.S. unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in February
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6 Responses to “Escambia County Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly”
@John Johnson, I will not promote a website on here but there are several that are easily accessible online and pay varies from $10 an hour to almost 6 figures annually with most employers willing to train for the available position.
Several friends own their own businesses and Cannot find folks to work for them.
Plumbers, HVAC, restaurants, etc. NEED workers and are even willing to Train new people to skills professions but the Stimulus & Unemployment & Welfare are paying so much to sit home and goof off that they don’t need to work.
Not being able to evict folks is killing the home rental business whose bills and costs continue on even though clients do not pay.
What a Mess….
The prison up in century is desperate for people. The pay is good and the benefits are amazing. They pay for your training and you get paid sick and vacation days and get a good retirement!
What are the requirements and the pay.
@ Blake, well said. There are many jobs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Why would anyone want to work if they have tree he government take care of their every need and want? At what point are those of us who are working going to have our benefits because we no longer support those living on our taxes?
There are tons of Jobs all around. People are hiring everywhere including myself. People keep living off of unemployment and stimulus checks and think they don’t need to work.