Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cleveland fell 2.2 percentage points in February 2021 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cleveland peaked in April 2020 at 21.4% and is now 16.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cleveland unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
Ohio | 5.0% | -0.3 | +0.3 |
Cleveland | 5.1% | -2.2 | +0.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Cleveland, Ohio, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Cleveland, Ohio Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Cleveland peaked in April 2020 at 212,543. There are now 161,677 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cleveland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cleveland, Ohio) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | 50,866 | -23,231 | -182 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Cleveland, Ohio Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Ohio Unemployment Rate |
Cleveland Unemployment Rate |
Cleveland Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 50,866 |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 74,097 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 82,186 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 81,998 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.6% | 8.2% | 81,807 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.4% | 9.1% | 82,333 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 9.0% | 8.5% | 83,564 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 9.3% | 8.8% | 85,690 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.3% | 12.6% | 124,574 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 14.9% | 17.2% | 175,473 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.4% | 21.4% | 212,543 |
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. ↩