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Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Miami fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2021 to 6.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Miami peaked in April 2020 at 13.8% and is now 7.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Miami unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate February 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.2% -0.1 +2.7
Florida 4.7% -0.1 +1.4
Miami 6.8% -0.2 +4.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with February 2021 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Miami, Florida, National

Miami, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Miami, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Miami peaked in July 2020 at 397,291. There are now 189,210 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Miami employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Miami, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons February 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Miami 208,081 -4,718 +130,545

Number of Unemployed Persons

Miami, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Miami
Unemployment Rate		 Miami
Unemployed
March
2021		 6.0% — — —
February
2021		 6.2% 4.7% 6.8% 208,081
January
2021		 6.3% 4.8% 7.0% 212,799
December
2020		 6.7% 5.1% 7.2% 217,457
November
2020		 6.7% 5.4% 7.6% 232,751
October
2020		 6.9% 5.8% 7.6% 231,354
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 9.5% 296,125
August
2020		 8.4% 7.9% 8.0% 244,207
July
2020		 10.2% 11.5% 13.2% 397,291
June
2020		 11.1% 11.6% 11.2% 328,062
May
2020		 13.3% 14.2% 13.5% 385,236
April
2020		 14.8% 14.0% 13.8% 385,468

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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