The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has announced that the unemployment rate for the Jacksonville region increased slightly from 2.5 percent in September to 2.6 percent in October.
Of the 875,077 people counted as part of the area’s workforce in October, there were 22,536 unemployed residents in the region – up from 21,979 unemployed residents in September.
Northeast Florida October 2022 Unemployment Statistics by County
Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (not seasonally adjusted)
According to DEO’s September report, St. Johns County continued to have the lowest unemployment rate in Northeast Florida (2.1 percent) followed by Nassau County (2.3 percent), Clay County (2.4 percent), Baker County (2.5 percent), Duval County (2.7 percent) and Putnam County (3.8 percent).
The diversity of our regional economy is reflected in the year-to-date job growth in several industry sectors, especially in the area of professional and business services which added 12,700 jobs over the last 12 months – the highest annual job growth among metro areas statewide.
Northeast Florida is also recovering well in the leisure and hospitality sector, which added 9,400 jobs over the last year, which is the third-fastest annual job growth rate compared to all Florida metro areas. In October alone, there was significant increase in accommodation and food service jobs of more than 200 percent in Northeast Florida.
The current top-five most advertised job occupations among all industries in the region included first-line supervisors of retail salespersons (1,494 positions), registered nurses (1,242 positions), retail sales workers (1,226 positions), customer service representatives (710 positions) and first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers (652).
Last month, CareerSource NEFL received more than 2,800 open job positions from its partner-employers.
CareerSource NEFL is hosting in-person recruitment events at career centers throughout the region in November and December for companies including Coca-Cola Florida, Amazon, Quantem Aviation Services, United Parcel Service (UPS) and many more. For more information about these and other employer recruitment events – along with workshops for job seekers and employers – visit https://careersourcenortheastflorida.com/events/.
For those looking for a job, CareerSource NEFL can connect them with employers that are hiring now and also offers assessments and training to help them gain the skills needed to put them on a new career track. To learn how CareerSource NEFL can help secure that next career, go to www.careersourcenefl.com, call 904-356-JOBS (5627), or visit the nearest career center location.
CareerSource NEFL is responsible for providing a trained workforce to businesses in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns counties. For more information, visit www.careersourcenefl.com.