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Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fayetteville fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 2.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Fayetteville peaked in April 2020 at 7.8% and is now 5.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Fayetteville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Arkansas 2.7% -0.1 -0.5
Fayetteville 2.0% -0.1 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fayetteville, Arkansas, National

Fayetteville, Arkansas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fayetteville peaked in April 2020 at 22,074. There are now 15,690 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fayetteville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Fayetteville 6,384 -184 -719

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fayetteville, Arkansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Arkansas
Unemployment Rate
Fayetteville
Unemployment Rate
Fayetteville
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 2.7% 2.0% 6,384
April
2023
3.4% 2.8% 2.1% 6,568
March
2023
3.5% 3.0% 2.2% 6,689
February
2023
3.6% 3.2% 2.2% 6,910
January
2023
3.4% 3.4% 2.4% 7,263
December
2022
3.5% 3.4% 2.4% 7,319
November
2022
3.6% 3.5% 2.4% 7,333
October
2022
3.7% 3.5% 2.4% 7,348
September
2022
3.5% 3.5% 2.4% 7,331
August
2022
3.7% 3.4% 2.4% 7,284
July
2022
3.5% 3.3% 2.4% 7,216

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.