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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
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Victoria, Texas, National

Victoria, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

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.