Chattanooga, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Chattanooga fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2018 to 3.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Chattanooga peaked in May 2009 at 9.8% and is now 6.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Chattanooga unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
Tennessee	3.4%	0.0	-0.6
Chattanooga	3.4%	-0.1	-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: Chattanooga, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Chattanooga peaked in June 2009 at 25,460. There are now 16,176 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Chattanooga employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Chattanooga	9,284	-306	-1,516

Number of Unemployed Persons

Chattanooga, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Chattanooga Unemployment Rate	Chattanooga Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	3.5%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	3.4%	3.4%	9,284
March 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.5%	9,590
February 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.6%	9,815
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.6%	9,632
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.6%	9,617
November 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.6%	9,733
October 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.6%	9,668
September 2017	4.2%	3.3%	3.6%	9,632
August 2017	4.4%	3.4%	3.7%	9,796
July 2017	4.3%	3.5%	3.7%	9,976
June 2017	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%	10,105