Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Las Vegas fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 12.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Nevada rate. The unemployment rate in Las Vegas peaked in December 2010 at 15.5% and is now 3.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Las Vegas unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Nevada	12.6%	-0.4	-2.3
Las Vegas	12.4%	-0.4	-3.1

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: Las Vegas, Nevada, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Las Vegas, Nevada Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Las Vegas peaked in May 2010 at 148,786. There are now 31,467 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Las Vegas employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Las Vegas, Nevada) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Las Vegas	117,319	-4,023	-31,235

Number of Unemployed Persons

Las Vegas, Nevada Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Nevada Unemployment Rate	Las Vegas Unemployment Rate	Las Vegas Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	12.6%	12.4%	117,319
November 2011	8.7%	13.0%	12.8%	121,342
October 2011	8.9%	13.4%	13.3%	125,401
September 2011	9.0%	13.4%	13.5%	127,025
August 2011	9.1%	13.4%	13.6%	128,162
July 2011	9.1%	12.9%	13.3%	125,772
June 2011	9.1%	12.4%	13.0%	122,420
May 2011	9.0%	12.1%	12.8%	120,824
April 2011	9.0%	12.5%	13.2%	124,458
March 2011	8.9%	13.2%	13.8%	130,312
February 2011	9.0%	13.6%	14.2%	134,755
January 2011	9.1%	14.2%	14.8%	141,404