Unemployment rate in Pinellas drops to 2.5%
September 17, 2022 - The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Pinellas region (Pinellas County) was 2.5% in August, according to a monthly report released from the state on Friday. This rate was 1.5 percentage points lower than the region's year ago rate of 4%. The labor force was 510,889, up 20,803 (+4.2%) over the year. The industries gaining jobs over the year were leisure and hospitality (+19,900 jobs); trade, transportation, and utilities (+14,600 jobs); professional and business services (+7,000 jobs); financial activities (+6,800 jobs); other services (+4,900 jobs); and manufacturing (+4,100 jobs), according to the report.