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Miami Medical Jobs, Education Jobs See Highest Employment Ever

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Although the area’s unemployment rate has continued to climb and is now higher than the national average, more Miami medical jobs and education jobs are currently in existence than ever before.

During October, the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall area saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.4 percent to 11.8 percent, following a decrease from 11.8 percent during September. The area’s current rate is higher than the national unemployment rate at the time of 10.2 percent.

The Miami area’s education and health services industry employed 157,200 workers during October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. this is up from 156,000 workers during September and a 1 percent decrease from last year.

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