Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Miami rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2020 to 13.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate for Miami in May 2020 is at a new high. You can also compare Miami unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Florida	13.7%	-0.1	+10.5
Miami	13.9%	+0.1	+11.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Miami, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Miami, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Miami in May 2020 is at a new high of 396,961. Miami employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Miami, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Miami	396,961	+11,493	+305,123

Number of Unemployed Persons

Miami, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Miami Unemployment Rate	Miami Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	10.4%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.7%	13.9%	396,961
April 2020	14.7%	13.8%	13.8%	385,468
March 2020	4.4%	4.4%	4.2%	129,386
February 2020	3.5%	2.8%	2.4%	77,536
January 2020	3.6%	2.8%	2.5%	78,150
December 2019	3.5%	2.9%	2.4%	76,478
November 2019	3.5%	2.8%	2.5%	77,909
October 2019	3.6%	2.9%	2.5%	79,752
September 2019	3.5%	2.9%	2.6%	81,787
August 2019	3.7%	3.0%	2.7%	83,950
July 2019	3.7%	3.1%	2.7%	86,210