Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salisbury fell 2.0 percentage points in July 2020 to 9.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.9 percentage points higher than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in Salisbury peaked in April 2020 at 16.0% and is now 6.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salisbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Maryland	7.8%	-0.5	+4.2
Salisbury	9.7%	-2.0	+5.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2020 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Salisbury, Maryland, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Salisbury peaked in April 2020 at 29,182. There are now 10,836 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Salisbury	18,346	-3,299	+9,334

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	6.9%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	7.8%	9.7%	18,346
June 2020	11.1%	8.3%	11.7%	21,645
May 2020	13.3%	10.0%	15.9%	29,122
April 2020	14.7%	10.1%	16.0%	29,182
March 2020	4.4%	3.3%	5.4%	10,512
February 2020	3.5%	3.3%	4.4%	8,697
January 2020	3.6%	3.3%	4.5%	8,777
December 2019	3.5%	3.4%	4.4%	8,674
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	4.5%	8,766
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	4.5%	8,846
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	4.6%	8,925