Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville rose 0.4 percentage points in January 2019 to 4.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in December 2009 at 10.5% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.7% in September 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.0%	+0.1	-0.1
North Carolina	3.8%	+0.1	-0.4
Greenville	4.5%	+0.4	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with January 2019 data as February 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 5,040 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,267 in September 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 739.

Unemployed Persons	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	4,006	+322	-317

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
February 2019	3.8%	3.9%	—	—
January 2019	4.0%	3.8%	4.5%	4,006
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.1%	3,684
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	3.9%	3,448
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	3.8%	3,418
September 2018	3.7%	3.7%	3.7%	3,267
August 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.0%	3,553
July 2018	3.9%	3.8%	4.1%	3,744
June 2018	4.0%	3.9%	4.4%	3,964
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	4.3%	3,867
April 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%	4,192
March 2018	4.0%	4.1%	4.9%	4,379