Richmond, Virginia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Richmond fell 0.2 percentage points in May 2018 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Virginia rate. The unemployment rate in Richmond peaked in January 2010 at 8.4% and is now 5.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Richmond unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Virginia	3.2%	-0.1	-0.6
Richmond	3.1%	-0.2	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Richmond, Virginia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Richmond, Virginia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Richmond peaked in February 2010 at 52,343. There are now 30,991 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Richmond employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Richmond, Virginia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Richmond	21,352	-1,324	-5,118

Number of Unemployed Persons

Richmond, Virginia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Virginia Unemployment Rate	Richmond Unemployment Rate	Richmond Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	3.2%	3.1%	21,352
April 2018	3.9%	3.3%	3.3%	22,676
March 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.4%	23,091
February 2018	4.1%	3.5%	3.3%	22,649
January 2018	4.1%	3.6%	3.6%	24,324
December 2017	4.1%	3.6%	3.8%	25,858
November 2017	4.1%	3.6%	3.8%	25,733
October 2017	4.1%	3.6%	3.8%	25,538
September 2017	4.2%	3.6%	3.8%	25,709
August 2017	4.4%	3.7%	3.8%	25,922
July 2017	4.3%	3.7%	3.8%	25,799