Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Johnson City fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2018 to 3.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Johnson City peaked in January 2010 at 10.4% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Johnson City 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
Johnson City	3.6%	-0.1	-0.5

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: Johnson City, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Johnson City peaked in January 2010 at 9,868. There are now 6,610 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Johnson City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Johnson City, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Johnson City	3,258	-74	-486

Number of Unemployed Persons

Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	3.5%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	3.4%	3.6%	3,258
March 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.7%	3,332
February 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.7%	3,364
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.7%	3,319
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.7%	3,325
November 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%	3,401
October 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%	3,429
September 2017	4.2%	3.3%	3.8%	3,467
August 2017	4.4%	3.4%	3.9%	3,560
July 2017	4.3%	3.5%	4.0%	3,617
June 2017	4.3%	3.6%	4.0%	3,601