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Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grand Island fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Nebraska rate. The unemployment rate in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 9.7% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.0% in November 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Grand Island unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Nebraska 2.3% +0.1 -0.4
Grand Island 2.1% 0.0 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Grand Island, Nebraska, National

Grand Island, Nebraska monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 4,313. There are now 3,355 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 918 in November 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 40.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Grand Island 958 0 -174

Number of Unemployed Persons

Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Nebraska
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 2.3% 2.1% 958
October
2023		 3.8% 2.2% 2.1% 958
September
2023		 3.8% 2.1% 2.1% 947
August
2023		 3.8% 2.0% 2.1% 950
July
2023		 3.5% 2.0% 2.1% 964
June
2023		 3.6% 1.9% 2.1% 975
May
2023		 3.7% 1.9% 2.1% 987
April
2023		 3.4% 2.0% 2.2% 1,017
March
2023		 3.5% 2.1% 2.3% 1,043
February
2023		 3.6% 2.3% 2.3% 1,076
January
2023		 3.4% 2.5% 2.4% 1,101

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. ↩

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