South Florida's unemployment rate ticked up last month, although Florida's overall job picture continued to improve, the state said Friday.

Broward's June jobless rate was 5.1 percent, and the state Agency for Workforce Innovation revised May's figures to 4.6 percent, from 4.5 percent. In Palm Beach County, unemployment hit 5.7 percent, and May's figures were also increased to 4.8 percent. Miami-Dade County continued to have the highest jobless rate for a metropolitan area in Florida with 7.1 percent.

The figures are a big improvement over last year, but not as positive as the past two months. That's probably because unlike statewide numbers, the county unemployment rates are not adjusted for seasonal differences. Indeed, businesses, especially in South Florida, tend to slow down their hiring during the summer months, said Manpower Inc.'s Joan Greenberg.

"I think the summer is a bit slow," said Greenberg, area manager for the staffing company in Fort Lauderdale and Miami-Dade. The typical pattern is for slower June and July months, and then hiring starts to pick up again in August, she said, adding that the job market for talented workers looks bright.

"One of the things we're trying to impress upon our customers is when you interview someone you like, hire them, because these people are going to find other jobs," she said.

Greenberg's counterpart at rival company Adecco, Carrie Chadwick-Williams, said that despite last month's numbers hiring looks strong.

"I've been in this business for 14 years, and this has been one of the busier years that I've seen," said Chadwick-Williams, Adecco's West Palm Beach branch manager.

Across the state, Florida's nonagricultural unemployment rate as a whole continues to be among the lowest in the country. Nationwide unemployment last month was 5.6 percent. Florida's June jobless rate, seasonally adjusted, was 4.7 percent, a gain of 163,400 jobs from the same time last year. The state revised May's unemployment rate to 4.6 percent from 4.5 percent.

Although job growth continued to be positive across the state, among industries, manufacturing actually lost 300 jobs when compared with last year.

Professional and business services lead Florida job growth, with 54,300 jobs added in June. Leisure and hospitality and the construction industries were next in state job gains.

In Delray Beach, Kathy Aguirre said she's constantly distracted when driving by all the cranes in operation across the city. Aguirre, who coordinates Economic and Development Affairs for the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, said that its hospitality members have so far enjoyed a good year and that reconstruction and development projects are booming.

"The construction job market has been a good one," added Tim Hernandez, who owns New Urban Communities in Delray Beach.

Hernandez said he's usually conservative about hiring -- he doesn't like to bring on people unless they can be employed for the long term. But with multiple projects in developments from Miramar to Delray Beach to Jupiter, he said he's looking for a few more workers.

"Put it this way -- tell any superintendents or project managers to give me a call, because I'd be interested in talking to them," he said.

Niala Boodhoo can be reached at nboodhoo@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4208.