The latest jobs report shows the Leon County April unemployment rate was 4.8%. The March unemployment rate was 4.7%. The increase was due to the lack of job growth coupled with a modest increase in the workforce.
Job growth was essentially flat in April when compared to March, as the number of unemployed increased from 7,790 to 8,095 in April.
There were 158,830 people working in Leon County in April compared to March’s revised employment number of 158,733. The size of the workforce in April was 166,925 up from the 166,523 reported in March.
Year Over Year Comparisons
The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in April 2026 was 2,378 less than in April 2025. The April labor force – those looking for jobs – came in at 166,925 which was 154 more than reported one year ago.
The April unemployment rate of 4.8% is up from the 3.3% reported one year ago. At the state level, the April unemployment rate of 4.6% (not seasonally adjusted) was 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 April back to 2023.
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