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Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Spartanburg fell 0.0 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Spartanburg peaked in April 2020 at 14.1% and is now 10.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Spartanburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
South Carolina 3.1% 0.0 -0.1
Spartanburg 3.2% 0.0 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June 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 24,228. There are now 18,861 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,229 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 138.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Spartanburg 5,367 -11 +70

Number of Unemployed Persons

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
South Carolina
Unemployment Rate
Spartanburg
Unemployment Rate
Spartanburg
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 3.1% 3.2% 5,367
April
2023
3.4% 3.1% 3.2% 5,378
March
2023
3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 5,383
February
2023
3.6% 3.2% 3.2% 5,314
January
2023
3.4% 3.2% 3.2% 5,229
December
2022
3.5% 3.3% 3.2% 5,286
November
2022
3.6% 3.3% 3.2% 5,293
October
2022
3.7% 3.3% 3.2% 5,313
September
2022
3.5% 3.3% 3.2% 5,326
August
2022
3.7% 3.3% 3.2% 5,314
July
2022
3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 5,281

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.