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Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salisbury fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2023 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in Salisbury peaked in May 2020 at 14.3% and is now 10.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salisbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
Maryland 2.7% -0.2 -0.5
Salisbury 4.0% -0.2 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April 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 May 2020 at 26,636. There are now 18,656 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Salisbury 7,980 -334 -274

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salisbury, Maryland Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Maryland
Unemployment Rate
Salisbury
Unemployment Rate
Salisbury
Unemployed
April
2023
3.4%
March
2023
3.5% 2.7% 4.0% 7,980
February
2023
3.6% 2.9% 4.2% 8,314
January
2023
3.4% 3.0% 4.3% 8,566
December
2022
3.5% 3.0% 4.4% 8,793
November
2022
3.6% 3.1% 4.5% 8,812
October
2022
3.7% 3.2% 4.5% 8,843
September
2022
3.5% 3.2% 4.5% 8,832
August
2022
3.7% 3.4% 4.5% 8,779
July
2022
3.5% 3.2% 4.4% 8,680
June
2022
3.6% 3.2% 4.4% 8,558
May
2022
3.6% 3.1% 4.3% 8,440

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.