Victoria, Texas Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Victoria fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Victoria peaked in April 2020 at 13.4% and is now 9.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Victoria unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | January 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.4% | -0.1 | -0.6 |
Texas | 3.9% | +0.1 | -0.4 |
Victoria | 4.1% | -0.1 | -1.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Victoria, Texas, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Victoria, Texas Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Victoria peaked in April 2020 at 5,691. There are now 3,870 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
Unemployed Persons | January 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Victoria | 1,821 | -33 | -577 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Victoria, Texas Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Texas Unemployment Rate |
Victoria Unemployment Rate |
Victoria Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
February 2023 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 1,821 |
December 2022 |
3.5% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 1,854 |
November 2022 |
3.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 1,892 |
October 2022 |
3.7% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 1,926 |
September 2022 |
3.5% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 1,940 |
August 2022 |
3.7% | 3.7% | 4.5% | 1,982 |
July 2022 |
3.5% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 2,014 |
June 2022 |
3.6% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 2,054 |
May 2022 |
3.6% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 2,102 |
April 2022 |
3.6% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 2,158 |
March 2022 |
3.6% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 2,244 |
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. ↩