Florida Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.2 Percent After 'Record-Setting Month'

The state unemployment rate dropped in June to 6.2 percent, down from 6.3 percent in May, as almost 37,000 private-sector jobs were added to the economy.

Florida experienced a record-setting month for private-sector job creation in June with 36,900 new jobs over the month and a total of 620,700 private-sector jobs added since December 2010, Gov. Rick Scott said on Friday. This news is great for Florida families, and Florida continues to have great success in our states economic recovery. Lets keep working so that every person who wants a job can get one here in Florida.

As the trends continue to tell Floridas economic turnaround story, todays announcement adds another important chapter with 36,900 private-sector jobs created and the statewide unemployment rate down to 6.2 percent, said Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity. This economic growth is not happening by chance. Policy matters, and this administration will keep working to promote the pro-growth policies that are making Florida the best state in the nation in which to live, work, and start or grow a business.