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Punta Gorda

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Punta Gorda — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Punta Gorda, FL Economy at a Glance:
Punta Gorda, FL
Data Series Back
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)77.0 (2)76.8 (2)77.1 78.1 78.0 (p)77.9

Employment(1)

(2)73.5 (2)73.3 (2)74.0 74.3 74.3 (p)74.6

Unemployment(1)

(2)3.5 (2)3.5 (2)3.1 3.8 3.7 (p)3.3

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)4.6 (2)4.6 (2)4.1 4.8 4.7 (p)4.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

58.0 58.7 59.4 58.8 59.3 (p)59.5

12-month % change

1.9 1.4 0.5 0.9 0.0 (p)-0.3

Mining, Logging and Construction(4)

5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 (p)5.7

12-month % change

-5.1 -5.1 -1.7 -3.5 -1.7 (p)-1.7

Manufacturing(4)

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1

12-month % change

10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

12.8 13.3 13.5 13.3 13.2 (p)13.2

12-month % change

-1.5 0.0 -0.7 0.8 0.0 (p)-0.8

Information(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

Financial Activities(4)

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 (p)2.4

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 -4.0 0.0 (p)-4.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 (p)6.7

12-month % change

6.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 1.5 (p)1.5

Education and Health Services(4)

10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 (p)10.9

12-month % change

6.9 4.9 3.8 4.9 3.8 (p)4.8

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

8.3 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.9 (p)9.0

12-month % change

2.5 1.2 -5.4 -6.4 -7.3 (p)-8.2

Other Services(4)

2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9

12-month % change

-3.4 -3.4 0.0 3.6 0.0 (p)3.6

Government(4)

7.0 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.2 (p)7.2

12-month % change

4.5 4.5 4.4 6.1 2.9 (p)2.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary