Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cincinnati fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2018 to 3.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cincinnati peaked in March 2010 at 10.5% and is now 6.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cincinnati unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Ohio	4.5%	-0.2	-0.6
Cincinnati	3.6%	-0.1	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Cincinnati, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cincinnati peaked in March 2010 at 115,781. There are now 75,833 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cincinnati employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cincinnati, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cincinnati	39,948	-816	-8,049

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Cincinnati Unemployment Rate	Cincinnati Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.5%	3.6%	39,948
January 2018	4.1%	4.7%	3.7%	40,764
December 2017	4.1%	4.9%	4.1%	45,227
November 2017	4.1%	4.9%	4.1%	45,636
October 2017	4.1%	4.9%	4.3%	47,744
September 2017	4.2%	5.0%	4.3%	47,432
August 2017	4.4%	5.0%	4.6%	50,905
July 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.5%	50,443
June 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.3%	48,385
May 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.1%	45,281
April 2017	4.4%	5.1%	4.0%	44,452