Jefferson City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jefferson City fell 0.8 percentage points in May 2020 to 6.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.8 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Jefferson City peaked in November 2009 at 7.7% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in June 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 3.8 percentage points. You can also compare Jefferson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Missouri	10.1%	-0.1	+7.0
Jefferson City	6.3%	-0.8	+3.7

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

Unemployment Rate: Jefferson City, Missouri, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jefferson City, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jefferson City peaked in December 2009 at 5,981. There are now 1,372 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,823 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,786. Jefferson City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jefferson City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Jefferson City	4,609	-538	+2,670

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jefferson City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Jefferson City Unemployment Rate	Jefferson City Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	7.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	10.1%	6.3%	4,609
April 2020	14.7%	10.2%	7.1%	5,147
March 2020	4.4%	3.9%	3.0%	2,285
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.0%	2,267
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	2.9%	2,206
December 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.0%	2,249
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	2.9%	2,176
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	2.8%	2,102
September 2019	3.5%	3.3%	2.7%	2,032
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	2.6%	1,975
July 2019	3.7%	3.2%	2.6%	1,940