Overview
- FloridaCommerce reported the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate at 4.6% for July 2026, a month-to-month decline from June but 0.7 percentage point higher than July 2025.
- The Jacksonville metropolitan area recorded a not-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate of 4.9% in July 2026 with a labor force of 847,772 and 41,947 people unemployed.
- Total nonagricultural employment in Florida was about 10.04 million in July 2026, reflecting a net gain of roughly 41,000 jobs over the year and a monthly increase of about 4,500 positions.
- Job growth was concentrated in education and health services, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality while financial activities and government lost jobs, with specific sector counts reported by the state.
- State releases note that statewide figures are seasonally adjusted while many local figures are not, household surveys underpin the data, and monthly revisions and annual benchmarking to payroll records can change short-term local estimates.