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Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Mansfield fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Mansfield peaked in April 2020 at 19.4% and is now 15.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.2% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Mansfield unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Ohio 4.0% -0.1 -0.1
Mansfield 4.4% -0.1 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Mansfield, Ohio, National

Mansfield, Ohio monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Mansfield peaked in April 2020 at 9,754. There are now 7,495 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,171 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 88. Mansfield employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Mansfield, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Mansfield 2,259 -78 -110

Number of Unemployed Persons

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Ohio
Unemployment Rate
Mansfield
Unemployment Rate
Mansfield
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 4.0% 4.4% 2,259
December
2022
3.5% 4.1% 4.5% 2,337
November
2022
3.6% 4.1% 4.6% 2,372
October
2022
3.7% 4.2% 4.7% 2,415
September
2022
3.5% 4.1% 4.6% 2,355
August
2022
3.7% 4.1% 4.5% 2,309
July
2022
3.5% 4.0% 4.3% 2,217
June
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 2,176
May
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 2,171
April
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 2,195
March
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.3% 2,233

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.