West Palm Beach, FL Unemployment Rate Report

West Palm Beach, FL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Palm-Beach, Florida has ranged from 2.4% in April 2022 to 15.2% in August 1992. The current unemployment rate for West-Palm-Beach is 2.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Palm Beach, FL Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

West Palm Beach, FL Current Unemployment - 2.8%

West Palm Beach, FL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2022	3.8%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.7%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.4%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.9%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.9%	2.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2021	5.3%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.0%	5.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.1%	5.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.3%	5.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.8%	4.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.7%	4.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.1%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.3%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.9%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.8%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.8%	13.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.9%	13.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.9%	10.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.7%	11.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.0%	7.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.0%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.0%	6.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.3%	5.0%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.0%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2019	3.8%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.1%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.9%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.4%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.4%	3.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	2.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.9%	2.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	2.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2018	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.7%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	3.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.4%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2017	4.8%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.2%	4.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.7%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.0%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.8%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.0%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.8%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.3%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.2%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.7%	5.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	5.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.7%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.6%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.6%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2015	5.0%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.7%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.6%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.9%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.1%	5.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.3%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.0%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.8%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.9%	5.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.7%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2014	5.9%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.5%	6.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.4%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.9%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.4%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.6%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.9%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.9%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.4%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.1%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.0%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.6%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.1%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.4%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.4%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.8%	7.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.2%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.3%	7.7%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.0%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.6%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.7%	7.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.5%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.0%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2012	8.6%	9.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.4%	8.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.0%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.8%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.3%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.7%	9.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.8%	9.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.8%	9.0%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.2%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.9%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.6%	7.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.5%	7.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2011	10.2%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.9%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.5%	10.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.1%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.4%	9.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.2%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.1%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.7%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.6%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.2%	9.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.7%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.5%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2010	10.7%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.4%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.3%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.9%	10.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.9%	10.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.6%	11.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.0%	11.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.1%	11.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.7%	11.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.6%	10.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.9%	11.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.2%	10.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2009	9.2%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.5%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.8%	9.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.6%	9.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.0%	10.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.0%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.2%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.3%	11.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.5%	11.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.1%	11.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.9%	10.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.8%	11.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2008	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.1%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.2%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.1%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.7%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.5%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.1%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.4%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.2%	7.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.4%	7.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.7%	7.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.9%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2007	3.6%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.3%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.2%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.2%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.5%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.6%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.7%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.7%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.8%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.8%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2006	3.2%	3.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.9%	2.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.9%	2.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.5%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.8%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.7%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.6%	3.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.3%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.5%	3.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.4%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2005	4.0%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.0%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.7%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.4%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	3.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.8%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.7%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.7%	3.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.0%	3.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2004	5.8%	4.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.4%	4.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.3%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.2%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.0%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.3%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.8%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.5%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.0%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2003	6.4%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.0%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.8%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.8%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.2%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.2%	5.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.1%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.0%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.7%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.1%	4.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.9%	4.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.2%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2002	7.1%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.6%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.5%	5.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.5%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.4%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.2%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.5%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.4%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.9%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.6%	5.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.5%	5.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.1%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2001	4.5%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.4%	3.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.5%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.7%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.5%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.8%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.3%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.1%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.9%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.6%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2000	4.5%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.1%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.1%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.8%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.3%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.0%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.5%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.1%	3.9%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.5%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.8%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1999	6.7%	4.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.6%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.0%	3.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.2%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.2%	3.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.2%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.0%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.9%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.8%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.8%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.1%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.0%	3.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1998	7.3%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.8%	4.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.9%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.6%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.9%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.1%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.9%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.7%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.5%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.5%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.9%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.8%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1997	8.3%	5.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.7%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.8%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.4%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.8%	4.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.0%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.2%	5.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.6%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	9.5%	5.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.1%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.1%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.4%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1996	8.3%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.8%	5.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.7%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.7%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.2%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.1%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	10.1%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.8%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.8%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	9.0%	5.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.1%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.2%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1995	9.4%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.9%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.7%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.4%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.5%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.7%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	10.3%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	10.5%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	10.4%	6.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	9.6%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.8%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.8%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1994	11.4%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.5%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.4%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.6%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	10.4%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	11.7%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	12.1%	6.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.3%	6.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	11.9%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	10.8%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	9.8%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.4%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1993	11.9%	7.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.2%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.7%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.8%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.9%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	12.0%	7.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	12.8%	7.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	12.8%	7.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.6%	7.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.0%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.0%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.8%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1992	12.7%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.7%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.0%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.1%	7.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.7%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.4%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	15.1%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	15.2%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	15.0%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	13.0%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.3%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.9%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1991	9.3%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.4%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.4%	7.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.7%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.7%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.1%	7.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	13.0%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	13.6%	7.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	13.8%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	13.1%	7.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	12.1%	7.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.4%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Palm Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1990	8.1%	5.9%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.5%	5.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.4%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.9%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.2%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.4%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	10.7%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	11.1%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	11.1%	6.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	10.0%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.3%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.4%	6.4%	6.3%