West Palm Beach, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2025) – CareerSource Palm Beach County and FloridaCommerce report the region’s unemployment rate remained at 3.4% in May, holding steady and coming in below the state rate of 3.5%.
Significant Annual Job Growth in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County added 9,400 nonagricultural jobs over the past year—a 1.3% increase, reflecting broad-based expansion across several sectors.
Education and Health Services Leads Growth Statewide
Education and Health Services led job gains, adding 6,300 positions (+5.4%)—the second-highest growth rate statewide. Additional gains were seen in Government, Professional and Business Services, Manufacturing, and Financial Activities.
Job growth/loss by industry sector:
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Industry
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Change
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Total Jobs
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Education/health services
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+6,300jobs
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124,000
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Government
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+1,500 jobs
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67,800
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Professional business services
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+1,400 jobs
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134,900
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
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+700 jobs
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127,600
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Construction
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+500 jobs
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23,000
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Other Services
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-300
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31,200
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Leisure and hospitality
|
-800 jobs
|
97,400
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Information sourced from the FloridaCommerce press release dated June 20, 2025
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Note: The unemployment rate is a measure of how many people in the labor force are out of a job. For example, if total employment holds constant and unemployed Americans stop looking for work, thereby leaving the labor force, the unemployment rate will fall even though no jobs have been added. Conversely, if employment holds steady and recent graduates enter the labor force looking for work, the unemployment rate will rise even though no jobs have disappeared.
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