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Fort Wayne, Indiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fort Wayne fell 0.0 percentage points in October 2023 to 3.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Indiana rate. The unemployment rate in Fort Wayne peaked in April 2020 at 19.4% and is now 16.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.6% in January 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare Fort Wayne unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.9% +0.1 +0.2
Indiana 3.6% 0.0 +0.4
Fort Wayne 3.4% 0.0 +0.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with October 2023 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fort Wayne, Indiana, National

Fort Wayne, Indiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fort Wayne peaked in April 2020 at 40,998. There are now 33,390 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,725 in January 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,883. Fort Wayne employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is also available.

Unemployed Persons October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Fort Wayne 7,608 +97 +1,383

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fort Wayne, Indiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Indiana
Unemployment Rate		 Fort Wayne
Unemployment Rate		 Fort Wayne
Unemployed
November
2023		 3.7% — — —
October
2023		 3.9% 3.6% 3.4% 7,608
September
2023		 3.8% 3.6% 3.4% 7,511
August
2023		 3.8% 3.4% 3.3% 7,313
July
2023		 3.5% 3.3% 3.1% 7,055
June
2023		 3.6% 3.2% 3.0% 6,763
May
2023		 3.7% 3.1% 2.9% 6,516
April
2023		 3.4% 3.0% 2.7% 6,134
March
2023		 3.5% 3.1% 2.7% 6,073
February
2023		 3.6% 3.1% 2.7% 6,001
January
2023		 3.4% 3.1% 2.7% 6,023
December
2022		 3.5% 3.1% 2.8% 6,204

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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