Bay City, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.4 percentage points in May 2018 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in June 2009 at 12.6% and is now 7.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.1% in January 2016, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Michigan	4.6%	-0.1	+0.2
Bay City	5.1%	-0.4	-0.3

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: Bay City, Michigan, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bay City, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bay City peaked in June 2009 at 6,966. There are now 4,393 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bay City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bay City, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bay City	2,573	-230	-156

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.6%	5.1%	2,573
April 2018	3.9%	4.7%	5.5%	2,803
March 2018	4.1%	4.7%	5.5%	2,824
February 2018	4.1%	4.8%	5.8%	2,971
January 2018	4.1%	4.7%	5.8%	2,960
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.8%	2,953
November 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.7%	2,911
October 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.7%	2,883
September 2017	4.2%	4.7%	5.8%	2,941
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	5.8%	2,981
July 2017	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%	2,877