Carson City, Nevada Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carson City fell 0.6 percentage points in July 2020 to 8.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 5.7 percentage points lower than the Nevada rate. The unemployment rate in Carson City peaked in April 2020 at 21.0% and is now 12.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Carson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Nevada	14.2%	-1.0	+10.3
Carson City	8.5%	-0.6	+4.4

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

Unemployment Rate: Carson City, Nevada, National

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 2,824 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	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Carson City	2,114	-123	+1,039

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carson City, Nevada Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Nevada Unemployment Rate	Carson City Unemployment Rate	Carson City Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	13.2%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	14.2%	8.5%	2,114
June 2020	11.1%	15.2%	9.1%	2,237
May 2020	13.3%	25.3%	15.7%	3,540
April 2020	14.7%	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	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	946
December 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.6%	944
November 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.7%	970
October 2019	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	1,001
September 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.9%	1,031