Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Johnson City fell 0.3 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Johnson City peaked in January 2010 at 10.4% and is now 7.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Johnson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Tennessee	3.2%	-0.1	-0.4
Johnson City	3.3%	-0.3	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 6,805 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	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Johnson City	3,063	-211	-301

Number of Unemployed Persons

Johnson City, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployment Rate	Johnson City Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.2%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.3%	3,063
January 2019	4.0%	3.3%	3.6%	3,274
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	3.7%	3,379
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	4.0%	3,664
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.2%	3,849
September 2018	3.7%	3.4%	4.1%	3,734
August 2018	3.8%	3.5%	4.0%	3,617
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	4.0%	3,672
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	3.9%	3,507
May 2018	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%	3,247
April 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%	3,247