Jacksonville's unemployment rate was stable in August as the summer job season wound down.
The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties) fell from 3.5% in July to 3.4% in August, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.
The state agency does not adjust its data for seasonal factors, such as students leaving summer jobs and new hiring at schools in August. However, the University of North Florida's Local Economic Indicators Project reported when seasonally adjusted, the unemployment rate in the Jacksonville area ticked up from 3.47% in July to 3.48% in August.