Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2020 to 12.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in April 2020 at 12.5% and is now 0.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
South Carolina	12.4%	-0.4	+9.3
Greenville	12.4%	-0.1	+9.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 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 in May 2020 is at a new high of 55,373.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	55,373	+528	+43,550

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	8.7%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	12.4%	12.4%	55,373
April 2020	14.7%	12.8%	12.5%	54,845
March 2020	4.4%	3.2%	2.5%	10,979
February 2020	3.5%	2.5%	2.3%	10,258
January 2020	3.6%	2.4%	2.3%	9,859
December 2019	3.5%	2.4%	2.2%	9,642
November 2019	3.5%	2.4%	2.2%	9,503
October 2019	3.6%	2.4%	2.2%	9,471
September 2019	3.5%	2.4%	2.2%	9,546
August 2019	3.7%	2.5%	2.3%	9,790
July 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.4%	10,285