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

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Nashville fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2019 to 2.6%. 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 7.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in May 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Nashville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.0%	+0.1	-0.1
Tennessee	3.3%	0.0	-0.3
Nashville	2.6%	0.0	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with January 2019 data as February 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 57,211 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 26,320 in May 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,127. Nashville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Nashville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Nashville	27,447	+88	+474

Number of Unemployed Persons

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployed
February 2019	3.8%	—	—	—
January 2019	4.0%	3.3%	2.6%	27,447
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	2.6%	27,359
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	2.9%	29,737
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	3.0%	31,125
September 2018	3.7%	3.4%	2.9%	30,142
August 2018	3.8%	3.5%	2.8%	29,190
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	2.8%	29,168
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	2.8%	28,717
May 2018	3.8%	3.6%	2.5%	26,320
April 2018	3.9%	3.6%	2.6%	26,740
March 2018	4.0%	3.6%	2.7%	27,848