Clearwater Jobs Added in March
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010More Clearwater jobs were added during March as the area’s unemployment rate declined.
During March, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area’s unemployment rate decreased from 13.2 percent to 12.7 percent, after staying steady for two months in a row. Despite that decrease, the area’s rate is still higher than the national average of 9.7 percent.
The Clearwater area had a total non-farm employment of 1,126,400 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,121,400 workers during February, but a 2.6 percent decrease from last year.