Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the West Palm Beach area added 1,000 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industries with the highest growth over the year in the West Palm Beach area were […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Tampa area added 30,400 new private-sector jobs in the last year, creating the second-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. The Tampa area’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Naples area added 5,500 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The Fort Myers area added 8,900 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Pensacola area added 1,500 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent in November, down 0.4 percentage point from one year ago. The industries with the highest growth over the year in the Pensacola area were leisure and hospitality with […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that November 2019 marked 56 consecutive months of the Orlando area having the highest job creation in the state, adding 34,400 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The unemployment rate in the Orlando area was 2.5 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Miami area added 22,400 new private-sector jobs in the last year. The Miami area’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent in November, down 0.6 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the year in the Miami area was education and health […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Jacksonville area added 22,600 new private-sector jobs in the past year, creating the third-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Fort Lauderdale area added 11,400 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The Fort Lauderdale area’s unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in November, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the year in the Fort Lauderdale area […]

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida has been awarded an additional $63.2 million in federal disaster funding through the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) to restore educational programs in counties affected by Hurricane Michael. The $63.2 million in funding includes $44.2 million under the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (K-12 […]