Palm Beach County job seekers have many reasons to be merry this holiday season, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted).

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for September announced today is 4.1 percent -- below both the 4.6 percent national rate and Florida’s 4.3 percent rate for more than a year, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted). September’s rate also dropped 2.5 percentage points below the year-ago rate of 6.6 percent.

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Sept. 17, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for August announced today is 4.7 percent -- below both the 5.3 percent national rate and Florida’s 5.0 percent rate for a full year, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted). August’s rate also dropped 3.4 percentage points below the year-ago rate of 8.1 percent.

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Sept. 10, 2021) – For the first time since available records began in 2005, there are more job openings than unemployed people in Palm Beach County, according to statistics released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. These statistics reveal that there are 38,544 job openings and 36,626 unemployed people in the county (latest statistics available for July 2021; new statistics will be released for August on Sept. 17).

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Aug. 20, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for July announced today is 4.8 percent -- below both the 5.7 percent national rate and Florida’s 5.1 percent rate for 11 consecutive months, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted). July’s rate also dropped 6.7 percentage points below the year-ago rate of 11.5 percent.

West Palm Beach, Fla. (July 16, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for June announced today is 5.3 percent -- below both the 6.1 percent national rate and Florida’s 5.7 percent rate for the tenth consecutive month, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted). June’s rate also dropped 6.2 percentage points below the year-ago rate of 11.5 percent.

West Palm Beach, Fla. (June 18, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for May announced today is 4.6 percent -- below both the 5.5 percent national rate and Florida’s 5.0 percent rate for the ninth consecutive month – and the lowest point since March 2020, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted). May’s rate also dropped 9.7 percent below the year-ago rate of 14.3 percent.