Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tampa fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2018 to 3.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tampa peaked in December 2009 at 11.9% and is now 8.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.3% in September 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Tampa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Florida	3.9%	0.0	-0.6
Tampa	3.6%	-0.1	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March 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 peaked in March 2010 at 155,204. There are now 99,000 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 50,554 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5,650. Tampa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tampa, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tampa	56,204	-376	-14,319

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tampa, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	56,204
January 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	56,580
December 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	54,698
November 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	54,308
October 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.3%	50,554
September 2017	4.2%	3.9%	3.3%	51,078
August 2017	4.4%	4.0%	3.7%	56,981
July 2017	4.3%	4.1%	3.8%	58,347
June 2017	4.3%	4.1%	3.9%	59,770
May 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.0%	60,996
April 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.2%	63,111