Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tampa fell 0.3 percentage points in May 2020 to 13.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tampa peaked in April 2020 at 13.5% and is now 0.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tampa 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
Tampa	13.2%	-0.3	+9.9

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: Tampa, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tampa, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tampa in May 2020 is at a new high of 193,999. Tampa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tampa, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tampa	193,999	+933	+143,557

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tampa, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	—	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	14.5%	13.2%	193,999
April 2020	14.7%	13.8%	13.5%	193,066
March 2020	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%	68,505
February 2020	3.5%	2.8%	2.9%	46,119
January 2020	3.6%	2.8%	2.9%	45,806
December 2019	3.5%	2.9%	2.8%	44,736
November 2019	3.5%	2.8%	2.9%	45,382
October 2019	3.6%	2.9%	2.9%	46,174
September 2019	3.5%	2.9%	3.0%	47,027
August 2019	3.7%	3.0%	3.1%	47,890
July 2019	3.7%	3.1%	3.1%	48,718