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Gainesville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in April 2020 at 9.0% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.4% in August 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Gainesville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Florida 2.6% -0.1 -0.9
Gainesville 2.4% -0.1 -0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gainesville, Florida, National

Gainesville, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gainesville, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gainesville peaked in May 2020 at 12,101. There are now 8,416 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,618 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 67. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Gainesville 3,685 -61 -621

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Gainesville
Unemployment Rate
Gainesville
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.4% 3,685
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.5% 3,746
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 2.5% 3,785
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.5% 3,681
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 3,618
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.4% 3,620
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.5% 3,681
June
2022
3.6% 2.8% 2.5% 3,755
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 2.6% 3,833
April
2022
3.6% 3.0% 2.6% 3,899
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 2.7% 4,018

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.