Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sebastian fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 12.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Sebastian peaked in December 2010 at 14.8% and is now 2.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Sebastian unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Florida	9.9%	-0.1	-2.1
Sebastian	12.1%	-0.2	-2.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Sebastian, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sebastian, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sebastian peaked in December 2010 at 9,250. There are now 1,766 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Sebastian employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Sebastian, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Sebastian	7,484	-72	-1,766

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sebastian, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Sebastian Unemployment Rate	Sebastian Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	12.1%	7,484
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	12.3%	7,556
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	12.5%	7,673
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	12.7%	7,784
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	12.9%	7,932
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	13.2%	8,169
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	13.4%	8,314
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	13.5%	8,414
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	13.8%	8,565
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	14.0%	8,753
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	14.5%	9,021
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	14.8%	9,247