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Gainesville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in May 2020 at 8.8% and is now 6.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in January 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Gainesville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Florida 2.6% 0.0 -0.3
Gainesville 2.7% +0.1 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June 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 12,045. There are now 7,968 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,795 in February 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 282. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Gainesville 4,077 +155 -184

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Gainesville
Unemployment Rate		 Gainesville
Unemployed
June
2023		 3.6% — — —
May
2023		 3.7% 2.6% 2.7% 4,077
April
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 2.6% 3,922
March
2023		 3.5% 2.6% 2.6% 3,862
February
2023		 3.6% 2.6% 2.5% 3,795
January
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 2.5% 3,805
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 3,937
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.6% 3,934
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.6% 3,944
September
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.7% 3,980
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.7% 4,025
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.7% 4,085

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. ↩

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