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Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Myrtle Beach fell 0.2 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Myrtle Beach peaked in April 2020 at 20.7% and is now 16.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Myrtle Beach unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
South Carolina 3.2% -0.1 -0.1
Myrtle Beach 3.9% -0.2 -0.4
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: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, National

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Myrtle Beach peaked in April 2020 at 39,021. There are now 30,877 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Myrtle Beach 8,144 -406 -761

Number of Unemployed Persons

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
South Carolina
Unemployment Rate
Myrtle Beach
Unemployment Rate
Myrtle Beach
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.2% 3.9% 8,144
December
2022
3.5% 3.3% 4.1% 8,550
November
2022
3.6% 3.3% 4.3% 8,970
October
2022
3.7% 3.3% 4.5% 9,238
September
2022
3.5% 3.3% 4.4% 9,020
August
2022
3.7% 3.3% 4.3% 8,979
July
2022
3.5% 3.2% 4.3% 8,881
June
2022
3.6% 3.2% 4.2% 8,852
May
2022
3.6% 3.2% 4.1% 8,627
April
2022
3.6% 3.2% 4.1% 8,483
March
2022
3.6% 3.2% 4.1% 8,552

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.