- February 9, 2026
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TAMPA — The unemployment rate for Tampa Bay, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tampa, showed solid improvement in January over the same month a year ago. Tampa Bay's unemployment rate in January was 8%, compared with 9.8% in January 2012, according to newly released state data. But on a monthly basis, the region's unemployment rate increased slightly, from 7.9% in December.
