Northeast Florida Monthly Employment Report February 2024

FloridaCommerce has announced that the unemployment rate for the Jacksonville region was 3.3 percent in February 2024 – unchanged from 3.3 percent in January 2024.

Of the 877,837 people counted as part of the area’s workforce in February, there were 29,316 unemployed residents in the region – up from 26,585 unemployed residents in December 2023.

Regional Employment Update

In February, St. John’s County continued to record the lowest unemployment rate in the region (3.0 percent), followed by Nassau County (3.1 percent), Baker County (3.2 percent), Clay County (3.3 percent), Duval County (3.4 percent) and Putnam County (4.3 percent)