Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tampa fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tampa peaked in December 2009 at 11.9% and is now 8.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.9% in October 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare Tampa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Florida	3.5%	+0.1	-0.4
Tampa	3.5%	-0.1	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 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 November 2010 at 154,803. There are now 100,709 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 45,357 in October 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 8,737. Tampa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tampa, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tampa	54,094	-1,182	-2,074

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tampa, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.5%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.5%	54,094
January 2019	4.0%	3.4%	3.6%	55,276
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	3.3%	51,024
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	3.0%	46,170
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	2.9%	45,357
September 2018	3.7%	3.3%	3.0%	45,360
August 2018	3.8%	3.4%	3.4%	52,238
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	3.5%	54,168
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	3.5%	54,288
May 2018	3.8%	3.7%	3.4%	52,817
April 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.6%	55,285