Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tampa fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2018 to 2.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tampa peaked in December 2009 at 11.9% and is now 9.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tampa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Florida	3.4%	-0.1	-0.5
Tampa	2.9%	-0.1	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November 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 November 2010 at 154,803. There are now 109,463 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tampa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tampa, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tampa	45,340	-20	-10,281

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tampa, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.4%	2.9%	45,340
September 2018	3.7%	3.5%	3.0%	45,360
August 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.4%	52,238
July 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.5%	54,168
June 2018	4.0%	3.8%	3.5%	54,288
May 2018	3.8%	3.8%	3.4%	52,817
April 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.6%	55,285
March 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	56,883
February 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	56,168
January 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%	56,501
December 2017	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	55,075