TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced the Miami area March 2020 Employment Data. This month, Florida saw expected changes in employment and unemployment data due to COVID-19 and the state’s effort to mitigate the spread.
Miami Area Economic Indicators Include:
- Unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, up 0.9 percentage point from one year ago.
- 11,300 new private-sector jobs have been added in the past year.
- Industry with the highest growth over the year in the Miami area was
- education and health services with 5,500 new jobs.
To view the March 2020 employment data, visit www.floridajobs.org/labor-market-information/labor-market-information-press-releases/monthly-press-releases.
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