Yakima, Washington Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yakima fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2020 to 14.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Washington rate. The unemployment rate in Yakima peaked in April 2020 at 14.6% and is now 0.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Yakima unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Washington	15.1%	-1.2	+10.7
Yakima	14.5%	-0.1	+7.2

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: Yakima, Washington, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Yakima, Washington Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Yakima peaked in April 2020 at 19,856. There are now 159 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Yakima employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yakima, Washington) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Yakima	19,697	-159	+10,088

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yakima, Washington Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Washington Unemployment Rate	Yakima Unemployment Rate	Yakima Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	9.8%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	15.1%	14.5%	19,697
April 2020	14.7%	16.3%	14.6%	19,856
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	5.9%	7,953
February 2020	3.5%	3.8%	6.1%	8,267
January 2020	3.6%	3.9%	6.4%	8,544
December 2019	3.5%	4.0%	6.4%	8,594
November 2019	3.5%	4.0%	6.5%	8,666
October 2019	3.6%	4.0%	6.6%	8,772
September 2019	3.5%	4.1%	6.7%	8,898
August 2019	3.7%	4.2%	6.8%	9,036
July 2019	3.7%	4.2%	6.9%	9,202