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Pueblo, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pueblo rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Pueblo peaked in September 2010 at 11.3% and is now 7.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.6% in March 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Pueblo unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Colorado 2.8% 0.0 -0.1
Pueblo 4.0% +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: Pueblo, Colorado, National

Pueblo, Colorado monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pueblo, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pueblo peaked in November 2010 at 8,409. There are now 5,376 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,657 in April 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 376. Pueblo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pueblo, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Pueblo 3,033 +37 -240

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pueblo, Colorado Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Colorado
Unemployment Rate
Pueblo
Unemployment Rate
Pueblo
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 2.8% 4.0% 3,033
April
2023
3.4% 2.8% 3.9% 2,996
March
2023
3.5% 2.8% 4.0% 3,053
February
2023
3.6% 2.9% 4.1% 3,104
January
2023
3.4% 2.8% 4.0% 3,050
December
2022
3.5% 2.8% 4.0% 3,066
November
2022
3.6% 2.8% 4.0% 3,069
October
2022
3.7% 2.8% 4.0% 3,068
September
2022
3.5% 2.8% 4.0% 3,058
August
2022
3.7% 2.6% 4.0% 3,039
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 4.0% 3,045

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.