Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salisbury fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points higher than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in Salisbury peaked in August 2011 at 9.3% and is now 0.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salisbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Maryland	6.7%	-0.2	-0.7
Salisbury	8.5%	-0.3	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Salisbury, Maryland, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Salisbury peaked in September 2011 at 5,836. There are now 414 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Salisbury employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Salisbury, Maryland) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Salisbury	5,422	-111	-242

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.7%	8.5%	5,422
November 2011	8.7%	6.9%	8.8%	5,533
October 2011	8.9%	7.2%	9.1%	5,746
September 2011	9.0%	7.4%	9.3%	5,836
August 2011	9.1%	7.3%	9.3%	5,799
July 2011	9.1%	7.1%	9.1%	5,724
June 2011	9.1%	7.0%	8.9%	5,625
May 2011	9.0%	6.8%	8.6%	5,460
April 2011	9.0%	6.8%	8.4%	5,373
March 2011	8.9%	6.9%	8.4%	5,330
February 2011	9.0%	7.1%	8.6%	5,403
January 2011	9.1%	7.2%	8.8%	5,536