Bethel, AK Unemployment Rate Report

Bethel, AK Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Bethel, Alaska has ranged from 5.3% in February 1990 to 18.0% in February 2014. The current unemployment rate for Bethel is 9.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Bethel, AK Unemployment Rate by Month

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Bethel, AK Current Unemployment - 9.6%

Bethel, AK Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2022	11.4%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	11.8%	5.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	11.4%	5.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	11.8%	4.8%	3.6%
5 / 2022	11.5%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	11.9%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	11.0%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	9.6%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2021	9.9%	6.9%	6.3%
2 / 2021	12.0%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.2%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	15.1%	7.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	14.5%	6.4%	5.8%
6 / 2021	15.4%	6.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	13.9%	6.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	13.0%	5.3%	5.2%
9 / 2021	12.0%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	11.1%	5.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	11.1%	5.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	10.3%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2020	12.8%	6.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	11.3%	5.9%	3.5%
3 / 2020	11.5%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.6%	12.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.1%	12.6%	13.3%
6 / 2020	15.7%	12.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	14.8%	10.8%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.8%	6.4%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.2%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.4%	5.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.9%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	10.5%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2019	12.8%	6.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	13.9%	7.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	13.3%	6.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	13.6%	6.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	13.0%	6.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	13.9%	6.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	13.9%	5.6%	3.7%
8 / 2019	13.7%	5.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	12.9%	5.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	11.4%	5.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	11.3%	6.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	11.0%	6.1%	3.5%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2018	13.2%	7.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	13.5%	7.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	13.0%	7.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	12.6%	6.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	13.0%	6.5%	3.8%
6 / 2018	13.9%	6.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	13.5%	5.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	13.2%	5.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	12.0%	5.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	11.3%	5.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	11.6%	6.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	11.1%	6.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2017	14.1%	7.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	14.0%	7.9%	4.7%
3 / 2017	13.6%	7.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	13.5%	7.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	14.3%	6.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	14.9%	6.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	14.3%	6.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	14.1%	6.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	12.5%	6.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	11.8%	6.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	12.0%	6.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	12.1%	7.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2016	14.9%	7.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	15.6%	7.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	15.3%	7.5%	5.0%
4 / 2016	14.8%	7.0%	5.0%
5 / 2016	15.4%	6.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	15.8%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	14.4%	6.2%	4.8%
8 / 2016	14.1%	6.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	12.8%	6.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	13.1%	6.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	12.6%	6.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	12.3%	7.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2015	15.2%	7.3%	5.7%
2 / 2015	15.7%	7.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	15.3%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	14.8%	6.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	15.2%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	14.6%	6.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	14.3%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	14.0%	5.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	14.1%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	13.1%	6.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	12.7%	6.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	13.5%	6.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2014	17.6%	7.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	18.0%	8.0%	6.7%
3 / 2014	17.3%	7.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	16.9%	7.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	16.4%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	16.8%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	16.2%	6.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	15.3%	6.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	15.8%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	14.5%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	13.6%	6.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	14.3%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2013	16.2%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	17.2%	7.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	16.5%	7.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	16.6%	7.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.6%	6.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	17.1%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	15.3%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	15.3%	6.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	16.4%	6.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	14.8%	6.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	14.9%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	15.7%	7.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2012	16.1%	8.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.4%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	15.9%	8.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	15.7%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.3%	7.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	16.5%	7.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	15.2%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.9%	6.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	15.2%	6.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.3%	6.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.1%	6.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	14.9%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2011	16.1%	8.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	16.3%	8.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	15.6%	8.4%	9.0%
4 / 2011	15.4%	7.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.6%	7.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.0%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	14.7%	6.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	14.5%	6.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	14.4%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	13.7%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	13.5%	7.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	14.3%	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2010	14.7%	8.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.6%	9.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.7%	8.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	15.7%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	15.5%	7.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	16.1%	7.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	14.7%	7.0%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.8%	6.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.4%	7.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	13.0%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.5%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.8%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2009	14.2%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.8%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	14.5%	8.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	15.4%	7.9%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.1%	7.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	15.6%	7.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	14.0%	7.1%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.4%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	13.8%	7.2%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.3%	7.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.9%	8.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.6%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2008	14.0%	7.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	14.8%	7.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	14.5%	7.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	14.8%	6.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	14.4%	6.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	15.1%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	14.5%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	14.6%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	12.8%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	12.3%	6.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	12.2%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.6%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2007	12.8%	7.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	13.1%	7.3%	4.5%
3 / 2007	12.8%	7.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	12.7%	6.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	13.3%	6.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	14.2%	6.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	13.6%	5.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	12.7%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	12.0%	5.6%	4.7%
10 / 2007	12.0%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	12.1%	6.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	12.2%	6.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2006	14.2%	7.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	14.1%	7.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	13.8%	7.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	14.3%	7.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	14.3%	6.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	14.4%	6.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	13.4%	5.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	12.7%	5.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	11.8%	5.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	12.0%	6.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.8%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	11.8%	6.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2005	12.9%	8.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	13.1%	8.2%	5.4%
3 / 2005	12.7%	7.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	12.7%	7.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	13.7%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	14.1%	6.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	12.9%	6.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	12.4%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	12.2%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2005	12.4%	6.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	12.0%	6.9%	5.0%
12 / 2005	12.4%	7.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2004	12.5%	8.8%	5.7%
2 / 2004	12.8%	8.9%	5.6%
3 / 2004	12.7%	8.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	12.4%	7.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	13.1%	7.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	14.0%	7.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	13.7%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 2004	13.2%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	12.5%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	12.1%	6.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	11.6%	7.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	11.5%	7.3%	5.4%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2003	11.3%	8.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.5%	9.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.5%	8.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	12.8%	8.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	13.5%	7.7%	6.1%
6 / 2003	13.2%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	13.0%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	12.5%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	11.6%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	11.7%	7.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	11.6%	7.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	11.3%	8.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2002	9.6%	7.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	10.3%	8.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	10.9%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.4%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	11.5%	7.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	11.5%	7.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	11.8%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	10.7%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	10.9%	6.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	10.3%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.7%	7.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.8%	7.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2001	9.2%	7.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	9.5%	7.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	9.7%	7.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	10.5%	6.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	11.1%	6.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	12.2%	6.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	11.5%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	10.6%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	10.1%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.9%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.7%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.4%	6.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 2000	8.4%	7.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.9%	7.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.8%	7.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	9.3%	6.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	10.2%	6.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	10.2%	6.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	10.4%	5.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	9.7%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	9.0%	5.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	7.8%	5.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.8%	6.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.9%	6.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1999	7.6%	7.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.9%	8.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.6%	7.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.8%	6.9%	4.3%
5 / 1999	10.2%	6.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	11.8%	6.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.6%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.7%	5.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	8.5%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.6%	5.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.6%	6.2%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.3%	6.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1998	7.1%	7.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.7%	7.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.0%	7.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.6%	6.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.6%	6.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.5%	6.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.5%	5.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.1%	5.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.9%	5.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	8.2%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	8.7%	6.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.8%	6.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1997	7.2%	8.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.0%	8.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.1%	8.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.2%	7.8%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.3%	7.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.7%	7.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.1%	6.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.8%	5.9%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.5%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.7%	6.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.9%	6.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.0%	6.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1996	11.4%	9.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.8%	9.0%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.6%	8.7%	5.5%
4 / 1996	11.1%	8.1%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.3%	7.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.4%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.7%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.0%	6.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	8.2%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.8%	6.9%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.5%	7.4%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.3%	7.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1995	7.9%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.5%	8.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.7%	8.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.1%	7.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.0%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.2%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.5%	6.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.0%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.9%	6.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.4%	6.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.1%	7.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.1%	7.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1994	5.6%	8.8%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.9%	9.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.0%	8.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.4%	8.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.1%	7.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.4%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	6.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.8%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.5%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.4%	6.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.4%	7.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.6%	7.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1993	5.9%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.1%	9.1%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.5%	8.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.0%	8.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.2%	7.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.6%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.4%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.3%	6.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.8%	6.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.3%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.1%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.7%	7.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1992	8.1%	10.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.0%	10.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.6%	10.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.0%	9.5%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.2%	9.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.4%	9.1%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.8%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.2%	7.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.9%	7.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.0%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.3%	8.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.8%	8.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1991	8.3%	8.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.9%	9.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.5%	8.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.4%	8.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.8%	8.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.6%	8.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.7%	7.6%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.1%	7.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.5%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.0%	8.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.0%	9.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.2%	9.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Bethel, AK%	Alaska%	National %
1 / 1990	6.5%	8.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.3%	8.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.7%	8.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.6%	7.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.9%	7.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.4%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.6%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.4%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.3%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.1%	6.7%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.1%	7.2%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.0%	7.5%	6.3%