Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.3 percentage points in May 2018 to 2.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in January 2010 at 11.4% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
South Carolina	4.0%	-0.2	-0.2
Greenville	2.8%	-0.3	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Greenville, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Greenville, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Greenville peaked in January 2010 at 44,083. There are now 32,185 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	11,898	-1,468	-3,695

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	2.8%	11,898
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	3.1%	13,366
March 2018	4.1%	4.4%	3.9%	16,721
February 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.0%	17,150
January 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%	18,074
December 2017	4.1%	4.2%	3.9%	16,426
November 2017	4.1%	4.2%	3.8%	16,105
October 2017	4.1%	4.2%	3.7%	15,930
September 2017	4.2%	4.2%	3.8%	16,056
August 2017	4.4%	4.2%	3.9%	16,429
July 2017	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%	16,386