4.4% is the unemployment rate for Florida in September 2026, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The rate moved by -0.1 versus the prior period, declining from the prior value of 4.5%.

For residents, the figure means unemployment measured by the household survey stood at 4.4% in the reference month; the small decline of -0.1 versus the prior period signals a modest movement in the labor market measure reported here. This number describes the share of the labor force counted as unemployed in the BLS series for Florida for September 2026 and is one data point for readers tracking local labor-market conditions.