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Carson City, Nevada Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carson City fell 1.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.6 percentage points lower than the Nevada rate. The unemployment rate in Carson City peaked in April 2020 at 21.0% and is now 14.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Carson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Nevada 10.1% -1.8 +6.4
Carson City 6.5% -1.0 +2.8
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: Carson City, Nevada, National

Carson City, Nevada monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Carson City, Nevada Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Carson City peaked in April 2020 at 4,938. There are now 3,266 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Carson City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Carson City, Nevada) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Carson City 1,672 -316 +702

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carson City, Nevada Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Nevada
Unemployment Rate		 Carson City
Unemployment Rate		 Carson City
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 10.1% 6.5% 1,672
October
2020		 6.9% 11.9% 7.5% 1,988
September
2020		 7.8% 12.5% 7.7% 2,041
August
2020		 8.4% 13.3% 8.2% 2,102
July
2020		 10.2% 14.2% 8.9% 2,238
June
2020		 11.1% 15.2% 9.1% 2,237
May
2020		 13.3% 25.3% 15.7% 3,540
April
2020		 14.8% 30.1% 21.0% 4,938
March
2020		 4.4% 6.9% 6.6% 1,761
February
2020		 3.5% 3.6% 3.4% 896
January
2020		 3.5% 3.6% 3.6% 946

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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