Port St. Lucie, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Port St Lucie fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2019 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Port St Lucie peaked in December 2009 at 13.2% and is now 8.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in September 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.1 percentage points. You can also compare Port St Lucie unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Florida	3.5%	+0.1	-0.4
Port St Lucie	4.3%	0.0	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Port St Lucie, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Port St Lucie, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Port St Lucie peaked in November 2010 at 25,416. There are now 16,023 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 6,770 in September 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,623. Port St Lucie employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Port St Lucie, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Port St Lucie	9,393	-89	-544

Number of Unemployed Persons

Port St Lucie, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Port St Lucie Unemployment Rate	Port St Lucie Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.5%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.5%	4.3%	9,393
January 2019	4.0%	3.4%	4.3%	9,482
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	4.0%	8,525
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	3.5%	7,440
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	3.3%	6,993
September 2018	3.7%	3.3%	3.2%	6,770
August 2018	3.8%	3.4%	3.7%	7,949
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	4.0%	8,629
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	4.3%	9,126
May 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.3%	9,235
April 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.6%	9,683