March Unemployment Rate Unchanged, Jobs & Workforce Up

The latest jobs report shows the Leon County March unemployment rate was unchanged from February at 3.8%.

The number of jobs in Leon County increased in March by 586 when compared to the February jobs report. There were 161,943 people working in Leon County in March compared to February’s revised employment number of 161,357.

The size of the workforce also increased in March. There were 168,281 people in the workforce in March, up from 167,656 reported in February.

Year Over Year Comparisons

The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in March 2025 was 2,162 more than in March 2024. The March labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 168,281 which was 2,877 more than the number reported one year ago.

The March unemployment rate of 3.8% is up from the 3.4% reported one year ago.

The chart below shows the monthly level of jobs in Leon County over the last 37 months with a 12-month average trend line. The highlighted numbers relate to employment levels for the month of March back to 2022.

Steve Stewart

Steve Stewart is the founder and editor of Tallahassee Reports which began in 2009 as an online blog. Steve received a Bachelors Degree from Clemson University in 1984 and a Masters degree in Political Science from FSU in 1990. He has been involved with state and local politics since arriving in Tallahassee in 1989.

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