Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Iowa City fell 0.0 percentage points in October 2018 to 1.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Iowa City peaked in June 2009 at 4.9% and is now 3.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 1.8% in August 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Iowa City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Iowa	2.4%	-0.1	-0.5
Iowa City	1.8%	0.0	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Iowa City, Iowa, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Iowa City peaked in July 2009 at 4,560. There are now 2,792 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,750 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 18. Iowa City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Iowa City, Iowa) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Iowa City	1,768	-18	-525

Number of Unemployed Persons

Iowa City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployment Rate	Iowa City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	2.4%	1.8%	1,768
September 2018	3.7%	2.5%	1.8%	1,786
August 2018	3.9%	2.5%	1.8%	1,750
July 2018	3.9%	2.6%	1.9%	1,823
June 2018	4.0%	2.7%	1.9%	1,874
May 2018	3.8%	2.7%	2.1%	2,021
April 2018	3.9%	2.8%	2.2%	2,100
March 2018	4.1%	2.8%	2.1%	2,072
February 2018	4.1%	2.9%	2.2%	2,130
January 2018	4.1%	2.9%	2.2%	2,079
December 2017	4.1%	2.9%	2.3%	2,260