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Punta Gorda

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexes
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023

Punta Gorda, FL Economy at a Glance:

Punta Gorda, FL

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		78.5	78.7	78.2	(p)77.9		(p)74.3
Employment(1)		75.2	75.3	74.7	(p)74.4		(p)71.5
Unemployment(1)		3.3	3.4	3.5	(p)3.5		(p)2.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	4.3	4.4	(p)4.5		(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		57.9	57.8	58.0	58.7	59.4	(p)58.8
12-month % change		4.1	3.6	1.9	1.4	0.5	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging and Construction(3)		5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	(p)5.5
12-month % change		-3.4	-5.1	-5.1	-5.1	-1.7	(p)-3.5
Manufacturing(3)		1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
12-month % change		10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	(p)10.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		12.8	12.7	12.8	13.3	13.5	(p)13.3
12-month % change		0.8	0.0	-1.5	0.0	-0.7	(p)0.8
Information(3)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)-4.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		6.8	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.7	(p)6.6
12-month % change		9.7	6.3	6.3	3.1	3.1	(p)3.1
Education and Health Services(3)		10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	(p)10.8
12-month % change		6.0	7.0	6.9	4.9	3.8	(p)4.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.5	8.4	8.3	8.6	8.8	(p)8.8
12-month % change		10.4	10.5	2.5	1.2	-5.4	(p)-6.4
Other Services(3)		2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	(p)2.9
12-month % change		-3.4	-3.4	-3.4	-3.4	0.0	(p)3.6
Government(3)		6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	(p)7.0
12-month % change		6.2	6.1	4.5	4.5	4.4	(p)6.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary