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Rome, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Rome rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Rome peaked in April 2020 at 13.5% and is now 10.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Rome unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Georgia 3.2% +0.1 +0.3
Rome 3.4% +0.1 +0.2
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: Rome, Georgia, National

Rome, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Rome, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Rome peaked in April 2020 at 5,787. There are now 4,254 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,344 in February 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 189. Rome employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Rome, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Rome 1,533 +55 +155

Number of Unemployed Persons

Rome, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Georgia
Unemployment Rate
Rome
Unemployment Rate
Rome
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 3.2% 3.4% 1,533
April
2023
3.4% 3.1% 3.3% 1,478
March
2023
3.5% 3.1% 3.2% 1,418
February
2023
3.6% 3.1% 3.1% 1,397
January
2023
3.4% 3.1% 3.1% 1,375
December
2022
3.5% 3.1% 3.1% 1,362
November
2022
3.6% 3.1% 3.1% 1,363
October
2022
3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 1,367
September
2022
3.5% 3.1% 3.1% 1,371
August
2022
3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 1,374
July
2022
3.5% 3.0% 3.1% 1,375

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.