Bay City, Michigan Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in April 2020 at 25.6% and is now 19.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Michigan | 7.0% | +0.9 | +3.1 |
Bay City | 6.4% | -0.1 | +1.8 |
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 April 2020 at 12,602. There are now 9,571 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 | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Bay City | 3,031 | -86 | +725 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Michigan Unemployment Rate |
Bay City Unemployment Rate |
Bay City Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | 7.5% | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 3,031 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 3,117 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 4,299 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 4,363 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 8.7% | 9.0% | 4,400 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.9% | 13.7% | 7,006 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 21.3% | 20.5% | 10,391 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 24.0% | 25.6% | 12,602 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 2,069 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2,165 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 2,271 |
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. ↩