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Grants Pass, Oregon Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grants Pass fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 4.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than the Oregon rate. The unemployment rate in Grants Pass peaked in March 2009 at 14.7% and is now 9.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.4% in November 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Grants Pass unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Oregon 3.6% 0.0 -1.2
Grants Pass 4.8% 0.0 -1.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Grants Pass, Oregon, National

Grants Pass, Oregon monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Grants Pass, Oregon Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Grants Pass peaked in March 2009 at 5,212. There are now 3,471 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,551 in December 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 190.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Grants Pass 1,741 +27 -621

Number of Unemployed Persons

Grants Pass, Oregon Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Oregon
Unemployment Rate
Grants Pass
Unemployment Rate
Grants Pass
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 3.6% 4.8% 1,741
October
2023
3.8% 3.6% 4.8% 1,714
September
2023
3.8% 3.5% 4.7% 1,701
August
2023
3.8% 3.4% 4.7% 1,673
July
2023
3.5% 3.4% 4.7% 1,688
June
2023
3.6% 3.5% 4.9% 1,756
May
2023
3.7% 3.7% 5.2% 1,873
April
2023
3.4% 4.0% 5.5% 2,003
March
2023
3.5% 4.4% 6.0% 2,202
February
2023
3.6% 4.7% 6.4% 2,364
January
2023
3.4% 4.8% 6.5% 2,397

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.