Bay City, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.4 percentage points in February 2019 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in June 2009 at 12.6% and is now 8.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Michigan	4.0%	0.0	-0.4
Bay City	4.2%	-0.4	-1.6

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: 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 4,872 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	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bay City	2,094	-247	-877

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bay City, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployment Rate	Bay City Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	4.0%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	4.2%	2,094
January 2019	4.0%	4.0%	4.6%	2,341
December 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.8%	2,401
November 2018	3.7%	4.0%	4.7%	2,390
October 2018	3.8%	4.0%	4.7%	2,385
September 2018	3.7%	3.9%	4.5%	2,244
August 2018	3.8%	3.9%	4.3%	2,149
July 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.6%	2,355
June 2018	4.0%	4.0%	4.9%	2,510
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	5.1%	2,570
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	5.5%	2,803