Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Johnson City fell 0.5 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Johnson City peaked in July 2009 at 9.7% and is now 1.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Johnson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Tennessee	8.7%	-0.4	-0.7
Johnson City	7.8%	-0.5	-0.9

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: Johnson City, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Johnson City peaked in August 2009 at 9,788. There are now 1,834 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Johnson City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Johnson City, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Johnson City	7,954	-474	-899

Number of Unemployed Persons

Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	7.8%	7,954
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	8.3%	8,428
October 2011	8.9%	9.5%	8.7%	8,845
September 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.9%	9,171
August 2011	9.1%	9.7%	8.8%	9,119
July 2011	9.1%	9.8%	8.9%	9,174
June 2011	9.1%	9.8%	8.9%	9,237
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	8.8%	9,039
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	8.7%	8,908
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	8.6%	8,728
February 2011	9.0%	9.5%	8.8%	8,901
January 2011	9.1%	9.4%	8.8%	8,915