Department of Numbers

New Bern, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Bern fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2023 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in New Bern peaked in April 2020 at 11.7% and is now 8.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare New Bern unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
North Carolina 3.5% -0.1 +0.2
New Bern 3.7% 0.0 +0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: New Bern, North Carolina, National

New Bern, North Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New Bern, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New Bern peaked in April 2009 at 5,901. There are now 3,990 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,829 in March 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 82.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
New Bern 1,911 -9 +82

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Bern, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
North Carolina
Unemployment Rate
New Bern
Unemployment Rate
New Bern
Unemployed
April
2023
3.4%
March
2023
3.5% 3.5% 3.7% 1,911
February
2023
3.6% 3.6% 3.7% 1,920
January
2023
3.4% 3.8% 3.7% 1,929
December
2022
3.5% 3.8% 3.7% 1,939
November
2022
3.6% 3.9% 3.8% 1,944
October
2022
3.7% 3.9% 3.8% 1,953
September
2022
3.5% 3.9% 3.8% 1,949
August
2022
3.7% 3.9% 3.7% 1,932
July
2022
3.5% 3.7% 3.7% 1,904
June
2022
3.6% 3.6% 3.6% 1,875
May
2022
3.6% 3.4% 3.6% 1,852

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.