Bay City, Michigan Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2022 to 4.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in April 2020 at 24.2% and is now 19.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.6% | 0.0 | -2.4 |
Michigan | 4.3% | -0.1 | -1.9 |
Bay City | 4.9% | -0.1 | -1.6 |
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 11,415. There are now 9,037 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 | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Bay City | 2,378 | -14 | -757 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Michigan Unemployment Rate |
Bay City Unemployment Rate |
Bay City Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2022 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
April 2022 |
3.6% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 2,378 |
March 2022 |
3.6% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 2,392 |
February 2022 |
3.8% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 2,491 |
January 2022 |
4.0% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 2,535 |
December 2021 |
3.9% | 5.1% | 5.5% | 2,634 |
November 2021 |
4.2% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 2,628 |
October 2021 |
4.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 2,652 |
September 2021 |
4.7% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 2,748 |
August 2021 |
5.2% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 2,872 |
July 2021 |
5.4% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 2,988 |
June 2021 |
5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 3,065 |
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. ↩