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Carbondale-Marion, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carbondale fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Carbondale peaked in April 2020 at 17.6% and is now 13.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Carbondale unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Illinois 4.5% -0.1 -0.3
Carbondale 4.1% -0.1 -0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Carbondale, Illinois, National

Carbondale, Illinois monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Carbondale, Illinois Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Carbondale peaked in April 2020 at 9,673. There are now 7,313 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Carbondale 2,360 -91 -308

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carbondale, Illinois Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Illinois
Unemployment Rate
Carbondale
Unemployment Rate
Carbondale
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 4.5% 4.1% 2,360
December
2022
3.5% 4.6% 4.2% 2,451
November
2022
3.6% 4.6% 4.3% 2,537
October
2022
3.7% 4.6% 4.4% 2,583
September
2022
3.5% 4.6% 4.4% 2,632
August
2022
3.7% 4.5% 4.6% 2,703
July
2022
3.5% 4.4% 4.6% 2,739
June
2022
3.6% 4.4% 4.7% 2,768
May
2022
3.6% 4.4% 4.8% 2,791
April
2022
3.6% 4.5% 4.5% 2,657
March
2022
3.6% 4.5% 4.4% 2,567

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.