Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Palm Bay fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Palm Bay peaked in December 2010 at 12.1% and is now 2.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Palm Bay unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Florida	9.0%	-0.4	-1.7
Palm Bay	9.8%	-0.3	-1.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Palm Bay, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Palm Bay, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Palm Bay peaked in December 2010 at 32,485. There are now 6,431 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Palm Bay employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Palm Bay, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Palm Bay	26,054	-520	-4,372

Number of Unemployed Persons

Palm Bay, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Palm Bay Unemployment Rate	Palm Bay Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	9.8%	26,054
February 2012	8.3%	9.4%	10.1%	26,574
January 2012	8.3%	9.6%	10.4%	27,222
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.9%	28,297
November 2011	8.7%	10.1%	11.1%	29,018
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	11.4%	29,853
September 2011	9.0%	10.4%	11.6%	30,281
August 2011	9.1%	10.5%	11.5%	30,118
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	11.3%	29,744
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.3%	29,756
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.2%	29,609
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.3%	29,871