Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2018 to 4.7%. 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 December 2009 at 10.5% and is now 5.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.7% in June 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
North Carolina	4.4%	-0.1	-0.2
Greenville	4.7%	-0.2	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May 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 4,854 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	4,192	-187	-229

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	4.3%	—	—
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
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.8%	4,303
September 2017	4.2%	4.4%	4.8%	4,300
August 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.8%	4,313
July 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.8%	4,254
June 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.7%	4,227