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Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jacksonville fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Jacksonville peaked in May 2020 at 11.1% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in August 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville 2.5% 0.0 -0.7
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: Jacksonville, Florida, National

Jacksonville, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jacksonville peaked in May 2020 at 84,003. There are now 63,298 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Jacksonville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jacksonville, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Jacksonville 20,705 -356 -4,779

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Jacksonville
Unemployment Rate		 Jacksonville
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 2.5% 20,705
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.5% 21,061
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.5% 21,273
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.5% 21,010
September
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.5% 20,862
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.5% 20,984
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 21,349
June
2022		 3.6% 2.8% 2.7% 21,884
May
2022		 3.6% 2.9% 2.7% 22,140
April
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 2.8% 22,796
March
2022		 3.6% 3.1% 2.9% 23,671

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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