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St. George, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St George fell 0.0 percentage points in October 2023 to 2.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in St George peaked in April 2020 at 11.7% and is now 8.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.4% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare St George unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.9% +0.1 +0.2
Utah 2.7% +0.1 +0.3
St George 2.9% 0.0 +0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with October 2023 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: St George, Utah, National

St George, Utah monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St George, Utah Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St George peaked in April 2020 at 9,144. There are now 6,497 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,084 in December 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 563. St George employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St George, Utah) is also available.

Unemployed Persons October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
St George 2,647 +68 +379

Number of Unemployed Persons

St George, Utah Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Utah
Unemployment Rate		 St George
Unemployment Rate		 St George
Unemployed
November
2023		 3.7% — — —
October
2023		 3.9% 2.7% 2.9% 2,647
September
2023		 3.8% 2.6% 2.9% 2,579
August
2023		 3.8% 2.5% 2.8% 2,505
July
2023		 3.5% 2.4% 2.7% 2,404
June
2023		 3.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2,329
May
2023		 3.7% 2.3% 2.6% 2,287
April
2023		 3.4% 2.3% 2.5% 2,248
March
2023		 3.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2,267
February
2023		 3.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2,301
January
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.6% 2,296
December
2022		 3.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2,258

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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