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Line chart showing monthly unemployment rates in the Tampa Bay metro area from January 2021 to June 2024. Over three years, the local unemployment rate declined from 4.6% to 3.4%. It was lower than the national unemployment rate, on average. The national rate also declined from 6.4% to 4% in the time period.

Unemployment rate in the Tampa Bay metro area

Tampa Bay's unemployment rate rose slightly from March to April, continuing a small but steady increase since February 2023.

By the numbers: June's unemployment was 3.4%, a .5% increase compared to the same time last year.

Zoom out: Nationally, the unemployment rate in June was 4.1%.

The U.S. economy added 114,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, the Labor Department said on Friday.

Tampa Bay's unemployment rate increases slightly, trails national rate

Nationally, the unemployment rate in June was 4.1%.

Line chart showing monthly unemployment rates in the Tampa Bay metro area from January 2021 to June 2024. Over three years, the local unemployment rate declined from 4.6% to 3.4%. It was lower than the national unemployment rate, on average. 

Tampa Bay&#x27;s unemployment rate rose slightly from March to April, continuing a small but steady increase since February 2023.By the numbers: June&#x27;s unemployment was 3.4%, a .5% increase compared to the same time last year.

Tampa Bay's unemployment rate increases slightly, trails national rate

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