Gov. Scott: Pensacola Area Added 3,600 Jobs Over the Year

Press Release

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area again experienced positive annual job growth over the year in September 2015 with 3,600 new jobs. The metro area's unemployment rate declined by 0.8 percentage point over the year, from 5.8 percent in September 2014 to 5.0 percent in September 2015. Florida businesses have added 941,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010.

Governor Scott said, "Pensacola created more than 3,600 new jobs over the year and the unemployment rate is down to 5 percent, which is great news. Creating a competitive business environment where job creators can succeed is helping Florida stand out from the rest of the nation in job wins."

The industries with the largest job gains in the Pensacola metro area over the year were trade, transportation, and utilities with 800 new jobs; professional and business services with 700 new jobs; education and health services with 700 new jobs, and leisure and hospitality with 700 new jobs. The Pensacola metro area had 5,289 job openings in September 2015 and 1,148 openings for high-wage, high-skill science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations.

Florida created 8,700 private-sector jobs in September 2015, and a total of 941,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010. Florida's statewide unemployment rate for September 2015 was 5.2 percent. In September, more than 40,000 Floridians were placed in jobs by CareerSource Escarosa and the state's other 23 regional workforce boards.

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