Department of Numbers

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in April 2020 at 11.3% and is now 7.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in June 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
North Carolina 3.8% 0.0 +0.2
Greenville 4.1% 0.0 -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: Greenville, North Carolina, National

Greenville, North Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Greenville peaked in April 2009 at 9,192. There are now 5,551 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,420 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 221.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Greenville 3,641 +22 -105

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
North Carolina
Unemployment Rate
Greenville
Unemployment Rate
Greenville
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.8% 4.1% 3,641
December
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.1% 3,619
November
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.1% 3,601
October
2022
3.7% 3.9% 4.0% 3,499
September
2022
3.5% 3.9% 3.9% 3,420
August
2022
3.7% 3.9% 3.9% 3,425
July
2022
3.5% 3.7% 3.9% 3,439
June
2022
3.6% 3.6% 3.9% 3,510
May
2022
3.6% 3.4% 4.0% 3,547
April
2022
3.6% 3.3% 4.0% 3,587
March
2022
3.6% 3.3% 4.0% 3,593

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.