Gov. Rick Scott: Naples Added 5,800 New Jobs Over Year in May 2015

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Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the Naples metro area continued its job growth with an increase of 5,800 jobs over the year in May 2015. The Naples area's unemployment rate declined by 0.7 percentage point over the year, from 5.7 percent in May 2014 to 5.0 percent in May 2015. Florida businesses have added more than 879,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010. The Naples area had a 4.5 percent annual job growth rate, the fastest of all metro areas in the state.

Governor Scott said, "Today we announced that Florida businesses have created more than 879,000 jobs since December 2010, and that the Naples area added nearly 6,000 new jobs over the year in May. These new opportunities mean more Floridians can get jobs and provide for their families, and we will keep working to make Florida the best state in the nation to live, work and raise a family.

The industries that gained the most jobs in the metro area over the year in May 2015 were trade, transportation, and utilities with 1,200 new jobs, and professional and business services and education and health services with 900 new jobs each. The Naples-Marco Island metro area had 4,425 online job openings in May 2015, and 807 online openings for high wage, high skill science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations.

Florida created 16,200 private-sector jobs in May 2015, and a total of 879,700 private-sector jobs since December 2010. Florida's statewide unemployment rate for May 2015 was 5.7 percent. In May, more than 33,200 Floridians were placed in jobs by CareerSource Southwest Florida and the state's other 23 Regional Workforce Boards.http://www.flgov.com/2015/06/19/gov-rick-scott-naples-added-5800-new-jobs-over-year-in-may-2015/

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