The latest employment report shows that the number of jobs in Leon County fell in November when compared to October. There were 158,863 people working in Leon County in November compared to October’s revised employment number of 159,864, a decline of 1001 jobs.
The November unemployment rate came in at 3.9%, up from the 3.7% reported last month. One year ago, the November 2023 unemployment rate was 3.2%.
There were 165,333 people in the workforce in November, down from 165,981 in October.
Year Over Year Comparisons
The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in November 2024 was 708 less than in November 2023. The November labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 165,333 which was 438 more than the number 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 November back to 2021.
We don’t need data to know this. Even anecdotally, we can see that this town is economically stagnant. Nothing of significance opens here anymore. It’s gotten so uneventful to the point where the town is ready to turnout in force for the opening of a convenience store as if it was a chic, trendy shopping plaza.
Publius, yes, your comment is a good assessment of this city’s economy.
Our City Commissioners, liberal of course, are ignoring the national movement that swept our President elect into office.
They continue to only listen to the loudest “special interest group of the day” instead of making sound economic policy based on what is good for the City.
I am totally done with them.
I really do not believe this will change, sadly.
I’m actively looking at relocating.
Citizens in this community who pay the most taxes need to be better represented.
And, this is with 1400 new jobs from Amazon?