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Dayton, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Dayton fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2022 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Dayton peaked in April 2020 at 15.2% and is now 11.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Dayton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.6% 0.0 -2.4
Ohio 4.0% -0.1 -1.6
Dayton 3.7% -0.1 -2.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2022 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Dayton, Ohio, National

Dayton, Ohio monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Dayton, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Dayton peaked in April 2020 at 56,534. There are now 42,001 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Dayton employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Dayton, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
Dayton 14,533 -309 -7,749

Number of Unemployed Persons

Dayton, Ohio Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Ohio
Unemployment Rate		 Dayton
Unemployment Rate		 Dayton
Unemployed
May
2022		 3.6% — — —
April
2022		 3.6% 4.0% 3.7% 14,533
March
2022		 3.6% 4.1% 3.8% 14,842
February
2022		 3.8% 4.2% 3.9% 15,200
January
2022		 4.0% 4.3% 4.0% 15,565
December
2021		 3.9% 4.5% 4.3% 16,391
November
2021		 4.2% 4.5% 4.2% 16,296
October
2021		 4.6% 4.5% 4.3% 16,440
September
2021		 4.7% 4.7% 4.5% 17,318
August
2021		 5.2% 4.9% 4.8% 18,473
July
2021		 5.4% 5.1% 5.1% 19,703
June
2021		 5.9% 5.3% 5.4% 20,807

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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