The biggest job losses in Northeast Florida continue to be in the financial activities sector, which had a net loss of 5,500 jobs over the past 12-month period. | Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on July 18, 2025 at 1:44 pm
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Jacksonville’s unemployment rate jumped in June to its highest level since the coronavirus pandemic with continued slow job growth, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Friday.
The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 3.6% in May to 4.2% in June.
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That was the highest unemployment rate in the region since it was 4.3% in August 2021, when the economy was recovering from pandemic-related job losses.
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