Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.3 percentage points in September 2018 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in December 2009 at 10.5% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	September 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	-0.2	-0.5
North Carolina	3.8%	-0.1	-0.6
Greenville	3.7%	-0.3	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with September 2018 data as October metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Greenville, North Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Greenville peaked in March 2010 at 9,046. There are now 5,765 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	September 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	3,281	-272	-1,019

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
October 2018	3.7%	3.6%	—	—
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	3.7%	3,281
August 2018	3.9%	3.9%	4.0%	3,553
July 2018	3.9%	4.1%	4.1%	3,744
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	4.4%	3,964
May 2018	3.8%	4.3%	4.3%	3,867
April 2018	3.9%	4.4%	4.7%	4,192
March 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.9%	4,379
February 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.9%	4,395
January 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.8%	4,323
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.9%	4,372
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.9%	4,368