Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tallahassee fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2018 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tallahassee peaked in November 2010 at 8.7% and is now 5.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.6% in December 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Tallahassee unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
Florida	3.9%	0.0	-0.4
Tallahassee	3.7%	-0.1	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May 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 16,649. There are now 9,521 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 6,913 in December 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 215. Tallahassee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tallahassee, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tallahassee	7,128	-171	-868

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	3.8%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.7%	7,128
March 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.8%	7,299
February 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	7,183
January 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	7,119
December 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	6,913
November 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	7,041
October 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	7,072
September 2017	4.2%	3.9%	3.7%	7,145
August 2017	4.4%	4.0%	3.8%	7,308
July 2017	4.3%	4.1%	3.9%	7,430
June 2017	4.3%	4.1%	4.0%	7,554