Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grand Island fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2022 to 2.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Nebraska rate. The unemployment rate in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 9.9% and is now 7.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.1% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Grand Island unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.6% | 0.0 | -2.4 |
Nebraska | 1.9% | -0.1 | -0.7 |
Grand Island | 2.1% | 0.0 | -0.9 |
Unemployment Rate: Grand Island, Nebraska, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 4,358. There are now 3,412 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
Unemployed Persons | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Island | 946 | -10 | -387 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Nebraska Unemployment Rate |
Grand Island Unemployment Rate |
Grand Island Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2022 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
April 2022 |
3.6% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 946 |
March 2022 |
3.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 956 |
February 2022 |
3.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 959 |
January 2022 |
4.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 992 |
December 2021 |
3.9% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 1,043 |
November 2021 |
4.2% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1,038 |
October 2021 |
4.6% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1,052 |
September 2021 |
4.7% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1,109 |
August 2021 |
5.2% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 1,175 |
July 2021 |
5.4% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1,235 |
June 2021 |
5.9% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 1,281 |
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. ↩