Yakima, Washington Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yakima fell 0.5 percentage points in January 2021 to 6.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Washington rate. The unemployment rate in Yakima peaked in April 2020 at 14.6% and is now 8.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Yakima unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.3% | -0.4 | +2.8 |
Washington | 6.0% | -0.3 | +2.0 |
Yakima | 6.1% | -0.5 | -0.3 |
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 11,867 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Yakima employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yakima, Washington) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Yakima | 7,989 | -1,416 | -555 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Yakima, Washington Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Washington Unemployment Rate |
Yakima Unemployment Rate |
Yakima Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 5.6% | — | — |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 7,989 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 9,405 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 9,529 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 10,857 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.0% | 10.6% | 14,189 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 9.1% | 10.8% | 14,281 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 10.8% | 14.2% | 18,621 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.8% | 12.6% | 15,652 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 12.5% | 14.4% | 19,690 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.3% | 14.6% | 19,856 |
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. ↩