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Pocatello, Idaho Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pocatello fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2023 to 2.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Idaho rate. The unemployment rate in Pocatello peaked in April 2020 at 9.7% and is now 7.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in March 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Pocatello unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Idaho 2.6% 0.0 +0.1
Pocatello 2.5% 0.0 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Pocatello, Idaho, National

Pocatello, Idaho monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pocatello, Idaho Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pocatello peaked in April 2020 at 3,995. There are now 2,882 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Pocatello 1,113 -15 -62

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pocatello, Idaho Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Idaho
Unemployment Rate		 Pocatello
Unemployment Rate		 Pocatello
Unemployed
May
2023		 3.7% — — —
April
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 2.5% 1,113
March
2023		 3.5% 2.6% 2.5% 1,128
February
2023		 3.6% 2.6% 2.6% 1,136
January
2023		 3.4% 2.7% 2.6% 1,158
December
2022		 3.5% 2.8% 2.7% 1,194
November
2022		 3.6% 2.8% 2.7% 1,196
October
2022		 3.7% 2.8% 2.8% 1,201
September
2022		 3.5% 2.8% 2.8% 1,203
August
2022		 3.7% 2.8% 2.7% 1,198
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.7% 1,187
June
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.7% 1,177

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. ↩

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