Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salisbury fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2019 to 4.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in Salisbury peaked in March 2010 at 10.1% and is now 5.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.5% in January 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Salisbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Maryland	3.7%	0.0	-0.5
Salisbury	4.5%	0.0	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 2010 at 17,757. There are now 9,068 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 8,680 in November 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 9.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Salisbury	8,689	-54	-1,679

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployment Rate	Salisbury Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.8%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.7%	4.5%	8,689
January 2019	4.0%	3.7%	4.5%	8,743
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.6%	8,795
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.6%	8,680
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.9%	9,288
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	5.3%	9,827
August 2018	3.8%	3.8%	5.3%	9,850
July 2018	3.9%	3.9%	5.3%	9,981
June 2018	4.0%	4.0%	5.3%	9,924
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	5.1%	9,629
April 2018	3.9%	4.1%	5.2%	9,961