Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tallahassee rose 0.2 percentage points in May 2020 to 8.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 5.6 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate for Tallahassee in May 2020 is at a new high. You can also compare Tallahassee unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Florida	14.5%	+0.7	+11.3
Tallahassee	8.9%	+0.2	+5.6

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: Tallahassee, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tallahassee, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tallahassee peaked in November 2010 at 16,488. There are now 875 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,575 in December 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 10,038. Tallahassee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tallahassee, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tallahassee	15,613	+763	+9,289

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	—	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	14.5%	8.9%	15,613
April 2020	14.7%	13.8%	8.7%	14,850
March 2020	4.4%	4.4%	4.3%	8,442
February 2020	3.5%	2.8%	2.9%	5,716
January 2020	3.6%	2.8%	2.9%	5,710
December 2019	3.5%	2.9%	2.8%	5,575
November 2019	3.5%	2.8%	2.9%	5,689
October 2019	3.6%	2.9%	3.0%	5,821
September 2019	3.5%	2.9%	3.0%	5,954
August 2019	3.7%	3.0%	3.1%	6,073
July 2019	3.7%	3.1%	3.2%	6,168