Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Virginia Beach fell 1.9 percentage points in May 2020 to 10.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points higher than the Virginia rate. The unemployment rate in Virginia Beach peaked in April 2020 at 12.5% and is now 1.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Virginia Beach unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Virginia	9.0%	-2.2	+6.2
Virginia Beach	10.6%	-1.9	+7.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Virginia Beach, Virginia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Virginia Beach, Virginia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Virginia Beach peaked in April 2020 at 105,291. There are now 15,169 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Virginia Beach employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Virginia Beach	90,122	-15,169	+63,218

Number of Unemployed Persons

Virginia Beach, Virginia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Virginia Unemployment Rate	Virginia Beach Unemployment Rate	Virginia Beach Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	8.4%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	9.0%	10.6%	90,122
April 2020	14.7%	11.2%	12.5%	105,291
March 2020	4.4%	3.3%	3.7%	31,687
February 2020	3.5%	2.6%	2.9%	25,249
January 2020	3.6%	2.7%	3.0%	25,557
December 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.9%	25,252
November 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.9%	25,356
October 2019	3.6%	2.7%	3.0%	25,502
September 2019	3.5%	2.7%	3.0%	25,664
August 2019	3.7%	2.7%	3.0%	25,845
July 2019	3.7%	2.7%	3.0%	26,083