Bay City, MI Unemployment Rate Report

Bay City, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Bay-City, Michigan has ranged from 3.4% in October 2000 to 30.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Bay-City is 6.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Bay City, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

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Bay City, MI Current Unemployment - 6.5%

Bay City, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	7.8%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	7.9%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.6%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.4%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.3%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	7.2%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	7.1%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.5%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	9.9%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.5%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.2%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.4%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.8%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.8%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.4%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.6%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.3%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.9%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.5%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.8%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	7.0%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.0%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.9%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	30.7%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	24.6%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	17.3%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.3%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.9%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.6%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.6%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.3%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.4%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	8.0%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.3%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.1%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.6%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.5%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.3%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.0%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.7%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.7%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.0%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.7%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.4%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	8.1%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.0%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.6%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.2%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.6%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.6%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.9%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.6%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.8%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.6%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.6%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.8%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	8.5%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.7%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.7%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.6%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.6%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.2%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.1%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.3%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.0%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.5%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.6%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.6%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	7.6%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.9%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.1%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.0%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.3%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.2%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.0%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.9%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.1%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.9%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.0%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	9.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.8%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.7%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.9%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.8%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	8.2%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.8%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.1%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.9%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.9%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.6%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	11.4%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.4%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.3%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.0%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.6%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.5%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.5%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.7%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.7%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.1%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.5%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	13.1%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	12.6%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.1%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	10.8%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	11.4%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	12.0%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	12.5%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.7%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.1%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.8%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.5%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.6%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	12.5%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.5%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.2%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.6%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.4%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.7%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.7%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	11.0%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.8%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.7%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.5%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.8%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	14.2%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.9%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	13.6%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	12.5%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	12.9%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.3%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.7%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.4%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.7%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.9%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.2%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	11.1%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	16.8%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.8%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	16.7%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	15.2%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	14.8%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.7%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	15.4%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.9%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.0%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.5%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.6%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.1%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	11.5%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.2%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.9%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.3%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	13.2%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	14.2%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	14.3%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.7%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.6%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.3%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.3%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.1%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	8.2%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.9%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.4%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.3%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	8.4%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.3%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.9%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.8%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.5%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.4%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.0%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.2%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	8.4%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.1%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.8%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.3%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	7.2%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.4%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.1%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.7%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.8%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.3%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.6%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.7%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	8.3%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.7%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	8.6%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.3%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.2%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.8%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.5%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.1%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.8%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.2%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.7%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.4%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	8.8%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.2%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.7%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.9%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.8%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.7%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.8%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.6%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.7%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.1%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.0%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.4%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	8.9%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.8%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.3%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.0%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.1%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.4%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.6%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.2%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.0%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.7%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.2%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.8%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	8.6%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.7%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.0%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.3%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.3%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.8%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.9%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.7%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.6%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.9%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.7%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	8.7%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.3%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.7%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.5%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.2%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.6%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.6%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.4%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.8%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.4%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.3%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.1%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	6.3%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.5%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.9%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.6%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.4%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.8%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.9%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.2%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.1%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.9%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.8%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	5.1%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.1%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.2%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.9%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.5%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.8%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.7%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.2%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.8%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.8%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	7.2%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.5%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.2%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.5%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.1%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.3%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.9%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.7%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.4%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.0%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.5%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.1%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	7.6%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.5%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.7%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.3%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.7%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.6%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.7%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.7%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.9%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.0%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.1%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	8.1%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.2%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.9%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.0%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.5%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.1%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.5%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.9%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.2%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.6%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.1%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	9.0%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.6%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.7%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.7%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.8%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.7%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.7%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.2%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.4%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.0%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	10.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	10.3%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	10.6%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.8%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.9%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.6%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.4%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.9%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.1%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.7%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.8%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	12.8%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	12.5%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	12.8%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	11.7%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	10.6%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.9%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.9%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.2%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.6%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.4%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.8%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	11.7%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.3%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.0%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.1%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.9%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.7%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.9%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.6%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.8%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.8%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.2%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.8%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	13.2%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.9%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.3%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.7%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	13.1%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	13.7%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.3%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.0%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.6%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.3%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.0%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.3%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	11.2%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.8%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	15.4%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	12.3%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	11.6%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.1%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.6%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.6%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	10.1%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.2%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.9%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.0%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Bay City, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	17.1%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	12.5%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	12.2%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	10.9%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	9.8%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.7%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	9.4%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.3%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.4%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.6%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.4%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.2%	8.0%	6.3%