Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cleveland fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2019 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cleveland peaked in December 2009 at 8.9% and is now 4.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.2% in June 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Cleveland unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	+0.1	-0.2
Ohio	4.2%	0.0	-0.4
Cleveland	4.2%	-0.1	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2019 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Cleveland, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cleveland, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cleveland peaked in June 2009 at 93,810. There are now 50,227 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cleveland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cleveland, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cleveland	43,583	-953	-8,904

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cleveland, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployed
November 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
October 2019	3.6%	4.2%	4.2%	43,583
September 2019	3.5%	4.2%	4.3%	44,536
August 2019	3.7%	4.1%	4.2%	44,073
July 2019	3.7%	4.0%	4.3%	44,583
June 2019	3.7%	4.0%	4.2%	43,828
May 2019	3.6%	4.1%	4.3%	44,986
April 2019	3.6%	4.2%	4.5%	46,543
March 2019	3.8%	4.4%	4.7%	48,463
February 2019	3.8%	4.6%	4.8%	50,130
January 2019	4.0%	4.7%	5.1%	52,364
December 2018	3.9%	4.6%	5.1%	52,820