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Sebring, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sebring fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Sebring peaked in September 2010 at 12.4% and is now 8.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in September 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Sebring 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
Sebring 3.9% -0.1 -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: 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 4,541. There are now 3,178 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,356 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 7.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Sebring 1,363 -18 -236

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sebring, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Sebring
Unemployment Rate
Sebring
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.9% 1,363
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 4.0% 1,381
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 4.0% 1,386
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.9% 1,361
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.9% 1,356
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 4.0% 1,381
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 4.1% 1,427
June
2022
3.6% 2.8% 4.3% 1,473
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 4.3% 1,475
April
2022
3.6% 3.0% 4.4% 1,502
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 4.4% 1,531

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.