The latest jobs report shows the Leon County March unemployment rate is 4.7%. The February unemployment rate was 4.9%.
After an increase in jobs in February, job growth was reported flat in March with a decrease in the workforce.
There were 158,822 people working in Leon County in March compared to February’s revised employment number of 158,910. The size of the workforce in March was 166,613, down from the 167,161 reported in February.
Year Over Year Comparisons
The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in March 2026 was 623 less than in March 2025. The February labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 166,13 which was 1,075 more than reported one year ago.
The March unemployment rate of 4.7% is up from the 3.7% reported one year ago. At the state level, the March unemployment rate of 4.4% (not sea sonly adjusted) was up from the 3.5% 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 2023.
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