Job Growth Continues In Palm Beach County

Job Growth Spurs Drop In Unemployment Rate To 4.7 Percent

Governor Rick Scott announced the Florida jobs numbers on Friday.  

According to the Department of Economic Opportunity, the state unemployment rate held steady at 3.9 percent month-to-month in March, but dropped by a half a percentage point from a year ago.  

In Palm Beach County, the jobless rate dropped a tenth of a percent from February to 3.6 percent.  That number is down from 4.0 percent in March of 2017.

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