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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
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bay City, Michigan, National

Bay City, Michigan monthly unemployment rate chart

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. ↩

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