Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent for November, down .4 percent over the previous month, bring it to November 2008 levels. It was the largest drop in month over month rates since October 1992, reported the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity.
In Miami-Dade County, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent when adjusted for seasonality; that represents a drop of .3 percent from October 2012 and 1.8 percent from November 2011.
In Broward County, the jobless rate dropped to. 7.0 percent, down .1 percent from October and down 1.8 percent from November 2011; seasonally adjusted numbers will not be released for Broward until later in the month.
Statewide, the total number of job postings increased sharply in November 2012 compared to the previous November by 29,522 (an increase of 12.4 percent), for a total of 267,310 openings (seasonally-adjusted), according to the Help Wanted OnLine data series from the Conference Board, Gov. Rick Scott’s office reported.
Broward County showed its first gain in construction jobs in 66 months. Miami-Dade continued to lose construction jobs for a 62th month.
Jane Wooldridge
Miami-Dade jobless rate drops to 8.4 percent; Florida rate drops to 8.1 percent
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