Bay City, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in December 2009 at 12.5% and is now 4.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Michigan	9.3%	-0.5	-1.8
Bay City	8.5%	-0.4	-2.3

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: 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 2,200 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	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bay City	4,529	-192	-1,167

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.3%	8.5%	4,529
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	8.9%	4,721
October 2011	8.9%	10.6%	9.4%	5,036
September 2011	9.0%	11.1%	9.7%	5,221
August 2011	9.1%	11.2%	9.8%	5,240
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	9.5%	5,099
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	9.6%	5,129
May 2011	9.0%	10.3%	9.5%	5,101
April 2011	9.0%	10.2%	9.7%	5,171
March 2011	8.9%	10.3%	9.8%	5,251
February 2011	9.0%	10.4%	10.2%	5,393
January 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.5%	5,559