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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Florida > Jacksonville

Jacksonville

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Jacksonville, FL, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2026
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jacksonville, FL — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Jacksonville, FL Economy at a Glance:
Jacksonville, FL
Data Series Back
Data		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 864.2 868.2 (2)- 864.4 (p)861.7  

Employment(1)

 824.9 830.5 (2)- 820.5 (p)821.8  

Unemployment(1)

 39.3 37.7 (2)- 44.0 (p)39.9  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.6 4.3 (2)- 5.1 (p)4.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 803.3 800.4 802.5 809.5 808.8 (p)798.5

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -0.9 (p)-0.5

Mining and Logging(4)

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(4)

 53.7 53.6 53.7 53.7 53.3 (p)52.8

12-month % change

 1.3 0.9 1.5 0.6 -0.7 (p)-0.4

Manufacturing(4)

 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.6 36.3 (p)36.6

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -1.1 (p)-0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 169.8 169.4 170.6 174.7 175.8 (p)172.0

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.9 -1.3 (p)-0.5

Information(4)

 14.6 14.0 13.7 13.9 14.0 (p)13.9

12-month % change

 -2.7 -2.8 -4.2 -3.5 -2.8 (p)-6.1

Financial Activities(4)

 72.2 72.0 72.0 71.8 71.4 (p)70.1

12-month % change

 -4.4 -4.0 -4.0 -4.1 -4.2 (p)-4.2

Professional and Business Services(4)

 117.8 116.6 117.0 117.0 117.0 (p)114.2

12-month % change

 -2.6 -3.2 -2.8 -3.7 -2.2 (p)-3.1

Education and Health Services(4)

 135.3 135.7 137.8 139.1 138.3 (p)138.0

12-month % change

 3.1 2.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 (p)4.0

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 93.9 91.6 91.9 92.9 93.2 (p)92.1

12-month % change

 0.3 0.0 1.8 0.5 -0.5 (p)2.6

Other Services(4)

 29.3 29.4 29.0 29.0 29.2 (p)29.0

12-month % change

 0.3 1.0 -0.7 -1.0 -0.3 (p)0.0

Government(4)

 79.9 81.3 80.0 80.4 79.9 (p)79.4

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.2 -2.4 -3.0 -2.9 (p)-3.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary