Unlike most places throughout the country – save for a few select cities and states – more Miami jobs (Click here) are being added to the local economy as the unemployment rate declines.
During September, the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall area saw its unemployment rate decrease from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent, following an increase from 11.7 percent during August. However, the area’s current rate was still higher than the national unemployment rate at the time of 9.8 percent.
The area had a total non-farm employment of 1,005,500 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,004,200 workers during August, but a 3.2 percent decrease from last year.