Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sioux City fell 0.2 percentage points in May 2018 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Iowa rate. The unemployment rate in Sioux City peaked in May 2010 at 6.7% and is now 4.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Sioux City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Iowa	2.7%	-0.1	-0.5
Sioux City	2.6%	-0.2	-0.7

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

Unemployment Rate: Sioux City, Iowa, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sioux City, Iowa Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sioux City peaked in May 2010 at 6,292. There are now 3,910 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Sioux City	2,382	-165	-564

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sioux City, Iowa Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Iowa Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployment Rate	Sioux City Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	2.7%	2.6%	2,382
April 2018	3.9%	2.8%	2.8%	2,547
March 2018	4.1%	2.8%	2.9%	2,637
February 2018	4.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2,751
January 2018	4.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2,735
December 2017	4.1%	2.9%	2.9%	2,609
November 2017	4.1%	2.9%	2.9%	2,607
October 2017	4.1%	2.9%	2.9%	2,615
September 2017	4.2%	3.0%	3.0%	2,712
August 2017	4.4%	3.0%	3.1%	2,836
July 2017	4.3%	3.1%	3.2%	2,903