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Unemployment rate in Florida in the United States from 1992 to 2025

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
2025*	3.9%
2024	3.4%
2023	2.9%
2022	3%
2021	4.7%
2020	8.1%
2019	3.3%
2018	3.6%
2017	4.3%
2016	4.9%
2015	5.5%
2014	6.4%
2013	7.5%
2012	8.6%
2011	10%
2010	10.8%
2009	9.6%
2008	5.7%
2007	3.3%
2006	2.5%
2005	2.9%
2004	3.8%
2003	4.5%
2002	4.9%
2001	4.4%
2000	3.8%
1999	3.9%
1998	4.4%
1997	4.9%
1996	5.3%
1995	5.6%
1994	6.5%
1993	7.4%
1992	8.4%

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May 2026

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United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2025

Supplementary notes

*Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

The source does not provide a specific date of publication. Therefore, the date of access has been used.

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In 2025, the unemployment rate in Florida was 3.9 percent. This was an increase from the previous year, when the unemployment rate stood at 3.4 percent.

Employment situation in Florida

The unemployment rate in Florida has risen and fallen over the last two decades from a low of 2.5 percent in 2006 to a high of 10.8 percent in 2010. Similarly, the unemployment rate in California reached a low of 4.2 percent in 2019 and a high of 12.5 percent in 2010. In 2023, the employment to population ratio in Florida totaled some 57.9 percent. The fluctuations in unemployment rates can vary due to both domestic and global factors. Locality, skill gap, labor unions, and job openings relative to unemployed numbers can influence monthly unemployment rates, while the outsourcing of jobs by American companies can impact the nation’s availability of jobs.

In Florida, the unemployment benefits program is named the Reemployment Assistance Program to emphasize the job search and reemployment services offered. To be eligible, you must have lost your job through no fault of your own, must be available to work and be actively seeking work, and must have a minimum amount of wages earned during a base period.