Dayton, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Dayton fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Dayton peaked in November 2009 at 11.5% and is now 2.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Dayton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Ohio	8.1%	-0.4	-1.4
Dayton	8.8%	-0.4	-1.4

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: Dayton, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Dayton, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Dayton peaked in January 2010 at 48,393. There are now 12,860 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Dayton employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Dayton, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Dayton	35,533	-1,912	-6,973

Number of Unemployed Persons

Dayton, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Dayton Unemployment Rate	Dayton Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	8.8%	35,533
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	9.2%	37,445
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	9.7%	39,669
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.7%	40,039
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.7%	40,175
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.6%	39,873
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	9.5%	39,100
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	9.3%	38,192
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	9.2%	37,829
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	9.5%	39,018
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	9.8%	40,685
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	10.0%	41,480