Rick Scott: Unemployment Rate Drops to 5 Percent

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday that there were 35,600 new private sector jobs in Florida last month as the unemployment rate dropped to 5.0 percent. 

Scott noted that more than a million jobs were created in Florida since he took over as governor at the start of 2011. 

In October, the unemployment rate stood in Florida at 5.1 percent as it continued to drop in the later months of 2015. In August, the state unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent, dipping down to 5.2 percent in September.
 
“Today, I am proud to announce that Florida’s hardworking businesses have created more than one million jobs across Florida in just five years,” Scott said on Friday. “Thanks to our focus on cutting taxes and making it easier for job creators to succeed, our businesses are creating jobs faster than we ever expected.”

Scott pitched his agenda for the Legislature which starts its regular session next month. 

“Even though today’s news is great, we have to continue to diversify our economy by cutting $1 billion in taxes and creating the Florida Enterprise Fund so Florida can be first for jobs,” Scott said.