Labor Force & Employment

March 2013 Labor Trends

Palm Beach County's March unemployment rate of 6.9% is down from the
February rate of 7.4% reflecting a gain of 3,759 jobs.

Continued employment growth for Palm Beach County is indicated by the 1.8 percentage increase in the total non-agricultural jobs during the last twelve months. This represents a net gain of 9,300 jobs.

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Palm Beach County Labor Force	Mar-13	Feb-13	Mar-12	Change Mar 12 Mar 13	Percent Change	Change Feb 13 Mar 13	Percent Change
Civilian Labor Force	632,466	632,507	632,507	-41	0.0%	-41	0.0%
Employment	588,917	585,199	576,677	12,240	2.1%	3,718	0.6%
Unemployment	43,549	47,308	55,830	-12,281	-22.0%	-3,759	-7.9%
Unemployment Rate	6.9%	7.5%	8.8%
Florida	7.0%	7.6%	8.7%
National	7.6%	8.1%	8.4%