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Sebring, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sebring rose 0.9 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Sebring peaked in September 2010 at 12.9% and is now 6.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in November 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 2.8 percentage points. You can also compare Sebring unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Florida 6.4% 0.0 +3.6
Sebring 6.7% +0.9 +2.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Sebring, Florida, National

Sebring, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sebring, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sebring peaked in October 2010 at 4,747. There are now 2,288 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,427 in December 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,032.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Sebring 2,459 +344 +1,027

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sebring, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Sebring
Unemployment Rate		 Sebring
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.4% 6.7% 2,459
October
2020		 6.9% 6.4% 5.8% 2,115
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 5.8% 2,129
August
2020		 8.4% 7.3% 5.8% 2,095
July
2020		 10.2% 11.4% 9.2% 3,340
June
2020		 11.1% 10.3% 8.7% 3,034
May
2020		 13.3% 13.7% 11.3% 3,830
April
2020		 14.8% 13.8% 11.3% 3,809
March
2020		 4.4% 4.4% 6.2% 2,308
February
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 4.3% 1,561
January
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 4.1% 1,501

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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