Broward County February 2025 Unemployment Data

Broward County¹

• The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Broward region (Broward County) was 3.5 percent in February 2025. This rate was 0.5 percentage point greater than the region's year ago rate of 3.0 percent. The region's February 2025 unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage point lower than the state rate of 3.7 percent. The labor force was 1,085,969, up 7,058 (+0.7 percent) over the year. There were 37,760 unemployed residents in the region
• In February 2025, nonagricultural employment in the Fort Lauderdale-Pompano BeachSunrise MD was 933,700, an increase of 8,800 jobs (+1.0 percent) over the year.
• The industries gaining jobs over the year were Education and Health Services (+3,200 jobs); Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+2,900 jobs); Leisure and Hospitality (+2,300 jobs); Government (+2,300 jobs); Other Services (+1,900 jobs); Manufacturing (+200 jobs); and Construction (+100 jobs).
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Palm Beach County¹

• The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Palm Beach County region (Palm Beach County) was 3.7 percent in February 2025. This rate was 0.6 percentage point greater than the region's year ago rate of 3.1 percent. The region's February 2025 unemployment rate was equal to the state rate of 3.7 percent. The labor force was 776,284, down 2,366 (-0.3 percent) over the year. There were 28,660 unemployed residents in the regio
• In February 2025, nonagricultural employment in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach MD was 706,000, with no change over the year.
• The industries gaining jobs over the year were Education and Health Services (+5,100 jobs); Government (+1,600 jobs); Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+600 jobs); Construction (+500 jobs); Manufacturing (+300 jobs); and Financial Activities (+200 jobs).
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Miami-Dade County¹

• The unemployment rate in the CareerSource South Florida region (Miami-Dade County) was 2.6 percent in February 2025. This rate was 0.6 percentage point greater than the region's year ago rate of 2.0 percent. The region's February 2025 unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than the state rate of 3.7 percent. The labor force was 1,447,946, down 1,864 (-0.1 percent) over the year. There were 38,224 unemployed residents in the region.
• In February 2025, nonagricultural employment in the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall MD was 1,351,700, an increase of 24,200 jobs (+1.8 percent) over the year.
• The industries gaining jobs over the year were Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+9,400 jobs); Mining, Logging, and Construction (+4,400 jobs); Education and Health Services (+4,400 jobs); Leisure and Hospitality (+2,500 jobs); Government (+1,300 jobs); Manufacturing (+900 jobs); Professional and Business Services (+700 jobs); Financial Activities (+500 jobs); and Other Services (+500 jobs).
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State of Florida Unemployment Data

• Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in February 2025, up 0.1 percentage point from the January 2025 rate, and up 0.4 percentage point from a year ago. There were 398,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 11,196,000. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in February.
• Florida’s seasonally adjusted total nonagricultural employment was 10,024,100 in February 2025, an increase of 7,400 jobs (+0.1 percent) over the month. The state gained 128,300 jobs over the year, an increase of 1.3 percent. Nationally, the number of jobs rose 1.2 percent over the year.
• All ten major industries experienced positive over-the-year job growth in February.
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Note: All data are subject to revision.
¹ Data in this section is not seasonally adjusted.
Source: FloridaCommerce, Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research.