By Jim Turner | News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate ticked up in January to 4.5%, a jump of 0.2% from December, data released Wednesday from the Department of Commerce show.
The state added 23,800 private sector jobs over the month, but the trend for the last 12 months shows the state still down 9,000 positions.
For the metropolitan regions across the state, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area maintains the lowest unemployment rate at 3.9%.
While jobs in education and health services, along with manufacturing, increased in the past year, all other major industry sectors shed jobs. Financial activities lost 9,200 positions, construction lost 8,800 jobs, and leisure and hospitality lost 4,800 workers.
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