Ogden-Clearfield, Utah Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ogden fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2022 to 2.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in Ogden peaked in April 2020 at 9.5% and is now 7.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.0% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Ogden unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.6% | 0.0 | -2.4 |
Utah | 1.9% | -0.1 | -1.0 |
Ogden | 2.0% | 0.0 | -0.9 |
Unemployment Rate: Ogden, Utah, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Ogden, Utah Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Ogden peaked in April 2020 at 31,907. There are now 24,983 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 6,839 in March 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 85.
Unemployed Persons | April 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Ogden | 6,924 | +85 | -3,054 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Ogden, Utah Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Utah Unemployment Rate |
Ogden Unemployment Rate |
Ogden Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2022 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
April 2022 |
3.6% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 6,924 |
March 2022 |
3.6% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 6,839 |
February 2022 |
3.8% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 7,011 |
January 2022 |
4.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 7,360 |
December 2021 |
3.9% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 7,576 |
November 2021 |
4.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 7,530 |
October 2021 |
4.6% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 7,543 |
September 2021 |
4.7% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 7,816 |
August 2021 |
5.2% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 8,221 |
July 2021 |
5.4% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 8,692 |
June 2021 |
5.9% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 9,159 |
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. ↩