Unemployment Rate | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.7% | -0.1 | +0.1 |
Indiana | 3.7% | +0.1 | +0.5 |
Fort Wayne | 3.4% | 0.0 | +0.6 |
Unemployment Rate: Fort Wayne, Indiana, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Fort Wayne, Indiana Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Fort Wayne peaked in April 2020 at 40,998. There are now 33,386 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,725 in January 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,887. Fort Wayne employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Fort Wayne | 7,612 | +3 | +1,406 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Fort Wayne, Indiana Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Indiana Unemployment Rate |
Fort Wayne Unemployment Rate |
Fort Wayne Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
November 2023 |
3.7% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 7,612 |
October 2023 |
3.8% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 7,609 |
September 2023 |
3.8% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 7,511 |
August 2023 |
3.8% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 7,313 |
July 2023 |
3.5% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 7,055 |
June 2023 |
3.6% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 6,763 |
May 2023 |
3.7% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 6,516 |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 6,134 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 6,073 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 6,001 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 6,023 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩