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McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for McAllen rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 6.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.3 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in McAllen peaked in April 2020 at 17.5% and is now 11.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.2% in January 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare McAllen unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Texas 4.1% +0.1 +0.3
McAllen 6.4% +0.1 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: McAllen, Texas, National

McAllen, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

McAllen, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in McAllen peaked in April 2020 at 60,915. There are now 36,756 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 23,335 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 824. McAllen employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in McAllen, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
McAllen 24,159 +293 +232

Number of Unemployed Persons

McAllen, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Texas
Unemployment Rate
McAllen
Unemployment Rate
McAllen
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 4.1% 6.4% 24,159
April
2023
3.4% 4.0% 6.3% 23,866
March
2023
3.5% 4.0% 6.3% 23,938
February
2023
3.6% 4.0% 6.3% 23,510
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 6.2% 23,335
December
2022
3.5% 3.8% 6.3% 23,466
November
2022
3.6% 3.8% 6.3% 23,465
October
2022
3.7% 3.9% 6.3% 23,486
September
2022
3.5% 3.8% 6.3% 23,541
August
2022
3.7% 3.7% 6.3% 23,591
July
2022
3.5% 3.8% 6.3% 23,630

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.