Gov. Scott: Fort Lauderdale Added More Than 22,000 Jobs Over the Year

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Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Fort Lauderdale area gained 22,800 jobs over the year in September 2015. The Fort Lauderdale area's unemployment rate declined by 0.9 percentage point over the year, from 5.8 percent in September 2014 to 4.9 percent in September 2015. Florida businesses have added 941,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010.

Governor Scott said, "Fort Lauderdale's unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9 percent, one of the lowest in the state. We are working every day to make Florida first in job creation and families in Fort Lauderdale are getting great jobs as new businesses continue to expand in Broward County."

The industries with the largest job gains over the year were professional and business services with 6,700 new jobs; construction with 4,900 new jobs; and trade, transportation, and utilities with 3,700 new jobs. In September 2015, the Fort Lauderdale metro area added the most jobs of all the state's metro areas in professional and business services and in construction. The Fort Lauderdale metro area also was ranked fourth in job demand among all metro areas with 25,768 openings, including 6,421 openings in high-wage, high-skill science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) openings.

Florida created 8,700 private-sector jobs in September 2015, and a total of 941,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010. Florida's statewide unemployment rate for September 2015 was 5.2 percent. In September, more than 40,000 Floridians were placed in jobs by CareerSource Broward and the state's other 23 regional workforce boards.

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