College Station-Bryan, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for College Station fell 0.4 percentage points in May 2020 to 8.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 4.1 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in College Station peaked in April 2020 at 9.3% and is now 0.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare College Station unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Texas	13.0%	-0.5	+9.6
College Station	8.9%	-0.4	+6.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: College Station, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

College Station, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in College Station peaked in April 2020 at 11,481. There are now 1 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. College Station employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in College Station, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
College Station	11,480	-1	+7,872

Number of Unemployed Persons

College Station, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	College Station Unemployment Rate	College Station Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	8.6%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.0%	8.9%	11,480
April 2020	14.7%	13.5%	9.3%	11,481
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	4.1%	5,548
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	2.8%	3,765
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	2.7%	3,742
December 2019	3.5%	3.5%	2.7%	3,721
November 2019	3.5%	3.5%	2.7%	3,730
October 2019	3.6%	3.5%	2.7%	3,732
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	2.7%	3,724
August 2019	3.7%	3.5%	2.7%	3,697
July 2019	3.7%	3.5%	2.7%	3,651