New Bern, North Carolina Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Bern fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2022 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in New Bern peaked in April 2020 at 11.8% and is now 8.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in March 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare New Bern unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 3.6% | 0.0 | -2.4 |
| North Carolina | 3.4% | -0.1 | -1.7 |
| New Bern | 3.5% | 0.0 | -1.7 |
Unemployment Rate: New Bern, North Carolina, National
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 4,141 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
| Unemployed Persons | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bern | 1,760 | -15 | -809 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
| April 2022 |
3.6% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 1,760 |
| March 2022 |
3.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1,775 |
| February 2022 |
3.8% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 1,825 |
| January 2022 |
4.0% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 1,892 |
| December 2021 |
3.9% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 1,981 |
| November 2021 |
4.2% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 1,975 |
| October 2021 |
4.6% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 1,994 |
| September 2021 |
4.7% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 2,077 |
| August 2021 |
5.2% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 2,180 |
| July 2021 |
5.4% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 2,285 |
| June 2021 |
5.9% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 2,384 |
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. ↩
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