The latest jobs report shows the Leon County April unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% due to a decrease in the number of people looking for work.
The March unemployment rate was 3.8%.
The number of jobs in Leon County decreased in April by 402 when compared to the March jobs report. There were 161,505 people working in Leon County in April compared to February’s revised employment number of 161,907.
The size of the workforce also decreased in April. There were 167,402 people in the workforce in April, down 827 from the 168,229 reported in March.
Year Over Year Comparisons
The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in April 2025 was 616 more than in April 2024. The March labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 167,402 which was 1,636 more than the number reported one year ago.
The April unemployment rate of 3.5% is up from the 2.9% 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 April back to 2022.
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