Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Staunton fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2020 to 3.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage points lower than the Virginia rate. The unemployment rate in Staunton peaked in April 2020 at 9.9% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Staunton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | December 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | 0.0 | +3.1 |
Virginia | 4.9% | +0.1 | +2.2 |
Staunton | 3.9% | -0.1 | +1.5 |
Unemployment Rate: Staunton, Virginia, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Staunton, Virginia Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Staunton peaked in April 2020 at 6,084. There are now 3,666 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
Unemployed Persons | December 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Staunton | 2,418 | -32 | +946 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Staunton, Virginia Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Virginia Unemployment Rate |
Staunton Unemployment Rate |
Staunton Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
February 2021 |
6.2% | — | — | — |
January 2021 |
6.3% | — | — | — |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 2,418 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 2,450 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 2,503 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.2% | 5.0% | 3,028 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 6.1% | 4.9% | 3,064 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 3,947 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 8.1% | 6.9% | 4,216 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 4,728 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 11.2% | 9.9% | 6,084 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 1,796 |
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. ↩