Tyler, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tyler fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Tyler peaked in November 2011 at 8.6% and is now 0.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tyler unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Texas	7.8%	-0.3	-0.5
Tyler	8.2%	-0.4	+0.1

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: Tyler, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tyler, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tyler peaked in November 2011 at 8,963. There are now 416 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tyler employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tyler, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tyler	8,547	-416	+289

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tyler, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Tyler Unemployment Rate	Tyler Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	8.2%	8,547
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	8.6%	8,963
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	8.5%	8,866
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	8.2%	8,433
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	8.0%	8,198
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	7.8%	7,967
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	7.6%	7,794
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.5%	7,648
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.5%	7,706
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	7.7%	7,819
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	7.8%	7,972
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	8.0%	8,163