Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Nashville rose 0.1 percentage points in February 2018 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Nashville peaked in June 2009 at 10.0% and is now 7.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in September 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Nashville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Tennessee	3.4%	+0.1	-1.0
Nashville	2.7%	+0.1	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Nashville, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Nashville peaked in June 2009 at 84,658. There are now 57,165 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 23,316 in September 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4,177. Nashville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Nashville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Nashville	27,493	+973	-10,664

Number of Unemployed Persons

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	3.4%	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	3.4%	2.7%	27,493
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	2.6%	26,520
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	2.6%	26,679
November 2017	4.1%	3.3%	2.8%	28,108
October 2017	4.1%	3.3%	2.4%	24,352
September 2017	4.2%	3.3%	2.3%	23,316
August 2017	4.4%	3.4%	2.7%	26,834
July 2017	4.3%	3.5%	2.9%	29,082
June 2017	4.3%	3.6%	2.8%	28,247
May 2017	4.3%	3.8%	2.6%	25,864
April 2017	4.4%	4.0%	3.3%	33,112