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Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grand Island fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Nebraska rate. The unemployment rate in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 9.9% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.1% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Grand Island unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Nebraska 2.5% -0.2 +0.4
Grand Island 2.3% -0.1 +0.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Grand Island, Nebraska, National

Grand Island, Nebraska monthly unemployment rate chart

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 3,333 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 946 in April 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 79.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Grand Island 1,025 -42 +33

Number of Unemployed Persons

Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Nebraska
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 2.5% 2.3% 1,025
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 1,067
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1,045
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.3% 1,030
September
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.3% 1,026
August
2022		 3.7% 2.6% 2.3% 1,030
July
2022		 3.5% 2.4% 2.3% 1,024
June
2022		 3.6% 2.2% 2.3% 1,019
May
2022		 3.6% 2.1% 2.2% 995
April
2022		 3.6% 2.0% 2.1% 946
March
2022		 3.6% 2.0% 2.1% 956

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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