The latest jobs report show the Leon County November unemployment rate is 5.4%. The September unemployment rate was 4.3%. There was no October jobs report due to the government shutdown.
The 5.4% unemployment rate is the highest reported in Leon County since June 2021 when the unemployment rate was 4.8%. The Florida November unemployment rate came in at 4.9% (not seasonally adjusted).
There were 158,038 people working in Leon County in November compared to September’s revised employment number of 160,654.
The size of the workforce decreased in November. There were 167,031 people in the workforce in November, compared to the 167,850 reported in September.
Year Over Year Comparisons
The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in November 2025 was 4,168 less than in November 2024. The November labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 167,031 which was 1,456 less than the number reported one year ago.
The November unemployment rate of 5.4% is up from the 3.7% 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 2022.
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