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Pocatello, Idaho Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pocatello fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2022 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Idaho rate. The unemployment rate in Pocatello peaked in April 2020 at 9.7% and is now 7.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pocatello unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.6% 0.0 -2.4
Idaho 2.6% -0.1 -1.2
Pocatello 2.7% -0.1 -1.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2022 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 3,970. There are now 2,785 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
Pocatello 1,185 -36 -463

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pocatello, Idaho Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Idaho
Unemployment Rate		 Pocatello
Unemployment Rate		 Pocatello
Unemployed
May
2022		 3.6% — — —
April
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.7% 1,185
March
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.8% 1,221
February
2022		 3.8% 2.8% 2.9% 1,259
January
2022		 4.0% 3.0% 3.0% 1,302
December
2021		 3.9% 3.1% 3.1% 1,348
November
2021		 4.2% 3.2% 3.1% 1,346
October
2021		 4.6% 3.2% 3.1% 1,357
September
2021		 4.7% 3.4% 3.2% 1,400
August
2021		 5.2% 3.5% 3.4% 1,449
July
2021		 5.4% 3.6% 3.5% 1,501
June
2021		 5.9% 3.7% 3.7% 1,550

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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