Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.7 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in September 2009 at 10.7% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
South Carolina	9.5%	-0.4	-1.4
Greenville	7.8%	-0.4	-1.5

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: Greenville, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Greenville, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Greenville peaked in August 2009 at 33,560. There are now 8,993 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Greenville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Greenville, South Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	24,567	-1,025	-4,690

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.5%	7.8%	24,567
November 2011	8.7%	9.9%	8.2%	25,592
October 2011	8.9%	10.5%	8.7%	27,428
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	9.1%	28,786
August 2011	9.1%	11.1%	9.4%	29,377
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	9.4%	29,234
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	9.0%	27,994
May 2011	9.0%	10.0%	8.4%	26,290
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.1%	25,270
March 2011	8.9%	9.9%	8.2%	25,499
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	8.5%	26,466
January 2011	9.1%	10.5%	8.9%	27,757