Carson City, Nevada Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carson City fell 0.5 percentage points in May 2018 to 4.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Nevada rate. The unemployment rate in Carson City peaked in December 2010 at 13.8% and is now 9.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Carson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Nevada	4.8%	-0.1	-0.3
Carson City	4.6%	-0.5	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June 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 December 2010 at 3,691. There are now 2,471 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	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Carson City	1,220	-127	-95

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carson City, Nevada Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Nevada Unemployment Rate	Carson City Unemployment Rate	Carson City Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.8%	4.6%	1,220
April 2018	3.9%	4.9%	5.1%	1,347
March 2018	4.1%	4.9%	5.2%	1,370
February 2018	4.1%	4.9%	5.1%	1,322
January 2018	4.1%	4.9%	4.7%	1,222
December 2017	4.1%	4.9%	4.7%	1,235
November 2017	4.1%	4.9%	4.8%	1,263
October 2017	4.1%	4.9%	5.0%	1,287
September 2017	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%	1,282
August 2017	4.4%	4.9%	4.9%	1,272
July 2017	4.3%	5.0%	5.0%	1,274