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Logan, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Logan fell 0.1 percentage points in August 2021 to 1.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in Logan peaked in September 2010 at 6.2% and is now 4.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 1.9% in September 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Logan unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 5.2% -0.2 -3.2
Utah 2.6% 0.0 -2.2
Logan 1.9% -0.1 -0.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with August 2021 data as September metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Logan, Utah, National

Logan, Utah monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Logan, Utah Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Logan peaked in April 2020 at 4,390. There are now 2,979 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Logan employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Logan, Utah) is also available.

Unemployed Persons August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Logan 1,411 -21 -608

Number of Unemployed Persons

Logan, Utah Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Utah
Unemployment Rate		 Logan
Unemployment Rate		 Logan
Unemployed
September
2021		 4.8% — — —
August
2021		 5.2% 2.6% 1.9% 1,411
July
2021		 5.4% 2.6% 2.0% 1,432
June
2021		 5.9% 2.7% 2.0% 1,486
May
2021		 5.8% 2.7% 2.0% 1,468
April
2021		 6.1% 2.8% 2.0% 1,423
March
2021		 6.0% 2.9% 2.0% 1,418
February
2021		 6.2% 3.0% 2.5% 1,831
January
2021		 6.3% 3.1% 2.6% 1,928
December
2020		 6.7% 3.3% 2.3% 1,680
November
2020		 6.7% 3.5% 2.4% 1,731
October
2020		 6.9% 3.8% 2.5% 1,793

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. ↩

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