Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Spartanburg fell 0.7 percentage points in April 2018 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Spartanburg peaked in January 2010 at 13.3% and is now 10.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Spartanburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
South Carolina	4.2%	-0.2	-0.1
Spartanburg	3.3%	-0.7	-0.7

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

Unemployment Rate: Spartanburg, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Spartanburg peaked in June 2009 at 19,200. There are now 13,959 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Spartanburg	5,241	-1,212	-1,016

Number of Unemployed Persons

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Spartanburg Unemployment Rate	Spartanburg Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	3.3%	5,241
March 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.0%	6,453
February 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.2%	6,649
January 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%	6,940
December 2017	4.1%	4.2%	4.1%	6,567
November 2017	4.1%	4.2%	4.1%	6,508
October 2017	4.1%	4.2%	4.0%	6,435
September 2017	4.2%	4.2%	4.1%	6,491
August 2017	4.4%	4.2%	4.2%	6,740
July 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.3%	6,744
June 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.0%	6,347