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Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salisbury fell 1.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in Salisbury peaked in April 2020 at 16.0% and is now 10.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salisbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Maryland 6.8% -0.9 +3.4
Salisbury 5.7% -1.0 +1.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Salisbury, Maryland, National

Salisbury, Maryland monthly unemployment rate chart

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 18,538 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Salisbury 10,644 -1,942 +1,878

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Maryland
Unemployment Rate		 Salisbury
Unemployment Rate		 Salisbury
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.8% 5.7% 10,644
October
2020		 6.9% 7.7% 6.7% 12,586
September
2020		 7.8% 7.6% 8.2% 15,205
August
2020		 8.4% 7.0% 8.4% 16,010
July
2020		 10.2% 7.8% 9.7% 18,468
June
2020		 11.1% 8.3% 11.7% 21,645
May
2020		 13.3% 10.0% 15.9% 29,122
April
2020		 14.8% 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		 3.5% 3.3% 4.5% 8,777

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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