While Florida added 182,900 jobs in May, the state’s unemployment rate was up to 14.5 percent, according to figures released Friday by the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
The slight uptick in jobs statewide doesn’t offset the 1.1 million jobs lost in Florida during April when many businesses were closed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.
That 14.5 percent rate translates into 1.4 million unemployed.