Jacksonville\u2019s unemployment rate jumped in November to its highest level since the coronavirus pandemic, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Jan. 7.<\/p>\n
The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 4.3% in September to 5.1% in November.<\/p>\n
Data for October is not available because the monthly survey of households used to determine the unemployment rate was not conducted that month, due to the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n
The November unemployment rate was the highest in Northeast Florida since January 2021. It was also 5.1% then as the economy was recovering from the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Clay County\u2019s unemployment rate was 5.2% in November, while the other four counties in the metro area were all at 5.1%.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in September to 4.2% in November.<\/p>\n
The Department of Commerce does not adjust data for local areas for seasonal factors in its monthly reports. Without seasonal adjustment, Florida\u2019s statewide jobless rate was at 4.9% in November, closer to the Jacksonville rate.<\/p>\n
While the unemployment rate rose, the agency\u2019s survey of nonfarm businesses showed a pickup in job growth in the Jacksonville area in November.<\/p>\n
Businesses added 10,500 jobs from November 2024 through November 2025, a 1.3% growth rate.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s up from Jacksonville\u2019s September growth rate of 0.9% and also higher than Florida\u2019s statewide growth rate of 0.8% in November.<\/p>\n
Much of the increase in Jacksonville came from the category of private education and health services, which added 9,500 jobs in the 12-month period, a 7% growth rate.<\/p>\n
Other large private sector gains came from the professional, scientific and technical services sector, which added 1,300 jobs, or 2.2%, and the leisure and hospitality sector, which increased by 1,000, or 1.1%.<\/p>\n
Several industry sectors reported job losses in the 12-month period, with the biggest in the category of administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, which fell by 700, or 1.3%.<\/p>\n
The wholesale trade sector fell by 700, or 1.7%, and financial activities declined by 400, or 0.7%.<\/p>\n
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