Bay City, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in December 2009 at 12.5% and is now 4.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.2% in February 2012, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Michigan	8.5%	-0.3	-2.0
Bay City	8.2%	0.0	-1.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bay City, Michigan, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bay City, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bay City peaked in January 2010 at 6,729. There are now 2,430 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bay City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bay City, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bay City	4,299	-42	-952

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.3%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	8.5%	8.2%	4,299
February 2012	8.3%	8.8%	8.2%	4,341
January 2012	8.3%	9.0%	8.3%	4,383
December 2011	8.5%	9.3%	8.5%	4,529
November 2011	8.7%	9.6%	8.9%	4,721
October 2011	8.9%	9.9%	9.4%	5,036
September 2011	9.0%	10.2%	9.7%	5,221
August 2011	9.1%	10.4%	9.8%	5,240
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	9.5%	5,099
June 2011	9.1%	10.6%	9.6%	5,129
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	9.5%	5,101
April 2011	9.0%	10.5%	9.7%	5,171