Broward County’s job report indicated a 3.2 percent unemployment rate in February 2022. This rate was 2.9 percentage points lower than the region's year ago rate of 6.1 percent. The labor force was 1,041,649, up 27,531 (+2.7 percent) over the year. Nonagricultural employment in the Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano Bch-Deerfield Bch Metro Division was 868,100, an increase of 40,500 jobs (4.9 percent) over the year.