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Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Spartanburg fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Spartanburg peaked in April 2020 at 13.9% and is now 10.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in August 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Spartanburg 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
Spartanburg 3.2% 0.0 -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: Spartanburg, South Carolina, National

Spartanburg, South Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Spartanburg peaked in April 2020 at 23,889. There are now 18,591 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,241 in August 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 57.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Spartanburg 5,298 -68 -708

Number of Unemployed Persons

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
South Carolina
Unemployment Rate
Spartanburg
Unemployment Rate
Spartanburg
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.2% 3.2% 5,298
December
2022
3.5% 3.3% 3.2% 5,366
November
2022
3.6% 3.3% 3.2% 5,430
October
2022
3.7% 3.3% 3.3% 5,509
September
2022
3.5% 3.3% 3.1% 5,284
August
2022
3.7% 3.3% 3.1% 5,241
July
2022
3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 5,365
June
2022
3.6% 3.2% 3.3% 5,536
May
2022
3.6% 3.2% 3.3% 5,674
April
2022
3.6% 3.2% 3.4% 5,716
March
2022
3.6% 3.2% 3.5% 5,897

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.