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Carbondale-Marion, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carbondale rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Carbondale peaked in April 2020 at 17.8% and is now 13.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in October 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Carbondale unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Illinois 4.1% -0.1 -0.3
Carbondale 4.1% +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: 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 9,875. There are now 7,532 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,225 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 118.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Carbondale 2,343 +62 -197

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carbondale, Illinois Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Illinois
Unemployment Rate
Carbondale
Unemployment Rate
Carbondale
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 4.1% 4.1% 2,343
April
2023
3.4% 4.2% 4.0% 2,281
March
2023
3.5% 4.4% 3.9% 2,230
February
2023
3.6% 4.5% 3.9% 2,252
January
2023
3.4% 4.5% 3.9% 2,225
December
2022
3.5% 4.6% 3.9% 2,281
November
2022
3.6% 4.6% 3.9% 2,277
October
2022
3.7% 4.6% 3.9% 2,282
September
2022
3.5% 4.6% 4.0% 2,312
August
2022
3.7% 4.5% 4.1% 2,360
July
2022
3.5% 4.4% 4.2% 2,421

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.