Nantucket, MA Unemployment Rate Report

Nantucket, MA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Nantucket, Massachusetts has ranged from 0.6% in August 1998 to 28.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Nantucket is 2.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Nantucket, MA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Nantucket, MA Current Unemployment - 2.4%

Nantucket, MA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2022	15.1%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2022	14.6%	4.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	11.3%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.6%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.5%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.2%	3.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.4%	3.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.4%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2021	17.0%	7.7%	6.3%
2 / 2021	17.3%	7.3%	6.2%
3 / 2021	14.8%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.9%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.2%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.9%	5.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.0%	5.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.8%	5.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.9%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	4.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.7%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.6%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2020	11.1%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	11.4%	3.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	9.1%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	28.2%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.5%	16.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.7%	17.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	5.6%	16.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.9%	11.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.6%	9.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.1%	8.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.0%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.0%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2019	11.1%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	11.3%	3.4%	3.8%
3 / 2019	9.1%	3.3%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.5%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	2.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.1%	3.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	1.6%	3.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	1.4%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.7%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.7%	2.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.4%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2018	11.2%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	11.2%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	9.2%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.1%	3.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.3%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	1.8%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	1.6%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.9%	3.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.8%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.3%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2017	10.7%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	11.2%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	8.8%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.8%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.4%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.4%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	1.9%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	1.8%	3.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.1%	3.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.4%	3.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.0%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.2%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2016	11.0%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	10.9%	4.6%	4.9%
3 / 2016	9.0%	4.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.7%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.2%	3.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.4%	4.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	1.9%	4.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	1.7%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.1%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.5%	3.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.1%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2015	12.5%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	12.5%	5.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	11.1%	5.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.6%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.0%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.2%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.6%	5.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.3%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.8%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.3%	4.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.8%	4.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.7%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2014	13.3%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	13.7%	6.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.7%	6.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.9%	5.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.5%	5.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.7%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.2%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.0%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.5%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.9%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.0%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.6%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2013	15.6%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	15.6%	7.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.2%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.4%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.8%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.8%	7.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	3.8%	7.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.5%	6.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.2%	6.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.6%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.9%	6.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.0%	5.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2012	15.7%	7.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	15.6%	7.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.4%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.6%	6.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.4%	6.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.8%	6.9%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.1%	6.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.1%	6.6%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.8%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.4%	6.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.2%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.1%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2011	17.4%	8.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	17.3%	8.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	15.4%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.8%	7.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.2%	7.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.4%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.6%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.5%	7.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.0%	6.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.9%	6.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.9%	6.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2010	18.1%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	18.6%	9.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	16.7%	8.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.0%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.2%	8.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.2%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.2%	8.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.0%	7.9%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.1%	8.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.9%	7.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.6%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.7%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2009	11.7%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.1%	7.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.7%	7.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.2%	7.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.1%	7.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	4.2%	8.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	3.7%	8.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	3.7%	8.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	4.9%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.0%	8.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.1%	8.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.3%	8.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2008	5.9%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.9%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.5%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.9%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	2.5%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	2.2%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	1.7%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2008	1.8%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	2.6%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.2%	5.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.3%	6.1%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.5%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2007	5.6%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.4%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.0%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.7%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	1.7%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	1.2%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	1.1%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	1.6%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	1.6%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.5%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.8%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2006	5.3%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.1%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.0%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.7%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.0%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	1.7%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	1.1%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	1.1%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	1.6%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	1.7%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.7%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.1%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2005	5.5%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.8%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.8%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.1%	4.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	1.7%	5.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	1.2%	4.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	1.0%	4.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	1.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	1.6%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.6%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.9%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2004	5.7%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.5%	5.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.2%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	2.9%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	2.1%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	1.9%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	1.2%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	1.2%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	1.3%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	1.7%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.4%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.6%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2003	4.8%	6.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.1%	6.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.5%	5.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.0%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	2.3%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	1.8%	6.1%	6.3%
7 / 2003	1.3%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	1.3%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	1.6%	5.8%	6.1%
10 / 2003	1.7%	5.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.9%	5.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.4%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2002	3.7%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.9%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.7%	5.3%	5.7%
4 / 2002	2.5%	5.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	1.7%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2002	1.5%	5.5%	5.8%
7 / 2002	1.1%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	0.9%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	1.3%	5.4%	5.7%
10 / 2002	1.6%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	2.0%	5.2%	5.9%
12 / 2002	2.4%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2001	3.5%	3.7%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.5%	3.5%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.3%	3.6%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.1%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	1.5%	3.3%	4.3%
6 / 2001	1.1%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	0.9%	3.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	0.8%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	1.0%	4.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	1.2%	3.7%	5.3%
11 / 2001	1.7%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	1.9%	4.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2000	3.3%	3.6%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.3%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.9%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.7%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.3%	2.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	1.0%	2.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	0.8%	2.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	0.6%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	0.9%	2.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	0.9%	2.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.3%	2.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.6%	2.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1999	4.3%	3.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.3%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.8%	3.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.4%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.5%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.0%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 1999	0.8%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	0.7%	3.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	0.8%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	0.7%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.8%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.9%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1998	4.6%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.9%	3.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.3%	3.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.0%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.2%	3.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.0%	3.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	0.7%	3.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	0.6%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	0.8%	3.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	0.8%	2.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.5%	2.8%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.0%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1997	6.0%	4.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.2%	4.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.6%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	3.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.9%	3.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	1.0%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	0.9%	4.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	0.7%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	0.8%	3.8%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.0%	3.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.1%	3.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.5%	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1996	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.7%	5.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.7%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.7%	4.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.0%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.2%	4.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	0.9%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	0.8%	4.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.0%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.2%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.3%	3.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.6%	3.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1995	7.0%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.9%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.4%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.6%	5.3%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.2%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	1.3%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	0.9%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	0.8%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	1.1%	5.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.4%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.8%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.2%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1994	6.6%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.4%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.7%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.6%	6.1%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.1%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	1.4%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	1.1%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	1.0%	5.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	1.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	1.3%	5.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.6%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.1%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1993	9.9%	8.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.9%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.7%	7.8%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.5%	7.1%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.1%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	1.8%	7.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	1.3%	6.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	1.2%	6.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	1.5%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	1.6%	6.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.4%	6.0%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.0%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1992	11.3%	9.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.7%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.2%	9.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.1%	8.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.2%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	2.1%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	1.6%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	1.5%	8.3%	7.6%
9 / 1992	1.8%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.2%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.9%	7.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.3%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1991	10.9%	8.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.9%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.4%	8.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.3%	8.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.9%	8.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	2.6%	8.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.1%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.1%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.9%	8.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.2%	8.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.8%	8.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.7%	8.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Nantucket, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1990	5.5%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.4%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.5%	5.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.5%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	1.3%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	1.1%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	1.3%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.2%	6.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.8%	6.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.7%	7.0%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.0%	7.3%	6.3%