Muskegon, MI Unemployment Rate Report

Muskegon, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Muskegon, Michigan has ranged from 4.5% in October 1998 to 41.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Muskegon is 9.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Muskegon, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

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Muskegon, MI Current Unemployment - 9.5%

Muskegon, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	10.8%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	10.6%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	8.9%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	9.0%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	9.1%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	10.3%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	10.3%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	9.5%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	14.6%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	12.6%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.4%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	11.5%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	13.6%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	13.0%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	12.7%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	11.1%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	12.9%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	11.6%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	10.8%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	10.1%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	7.4%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.4%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.7%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	41.9%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	36.5%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	27.3%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	20.4%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	18.3%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	16.6%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	11.8%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	10.7%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.2%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	8.6%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	8.0%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	8.1%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	6.5%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.7%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.6%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	9.1%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	7.1%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.2%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.8%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.1%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.4%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	9.1%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	9.2%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	8.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	7.3%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.1%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	8.6%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	9.0%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.3%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.3%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.1%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.2%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	10.1%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.9%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	8.8%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.6%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	8.0%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	8.9%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	10.7%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	9.7%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	8.5%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.8%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	7.9%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	8.3%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	9.1%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.5%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	9.9%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	8.9%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.4%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	9.5%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	11.0%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	9.3%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	9.0%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.5%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	8.1%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.6%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	11.5%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	11.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.7%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.6%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.3%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.5%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	11.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.5%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.6%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.4%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.3%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.4%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	15.1%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.0%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.7%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	12.2%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	13.1%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	13.0%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	14.9%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	12.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	11.0%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.4%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	10.1%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.0%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	18.1%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	17.6%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	16.6%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	15.2%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.4%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	17.3%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	18.3%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	15.8%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	15.2%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	15.0%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	14.0%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	14.2%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	17.7%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	17.5%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	17.0%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	15.3%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.4%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	17.1%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	18.5%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	16.5%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	15.1%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.9%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.6%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	15.6%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	20.4%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	19.8%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	19.2%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	17.7%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	18.6%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	19.3%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	20.4%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	18.5%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	17.8%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	17.0%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.9%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	16.1%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	26.3%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	26.2%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	25.5%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	23.8%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	23.1%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	22.8%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	24.0%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	21.8%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	20.8%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	20.1%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	19.9%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	19.7%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	16.3%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	18.4%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	18.8%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	18.0%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	19.6%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	20.5%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	21.3%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	19.8%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	19.3%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	19.1%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	18.2%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	18.6%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	9.9%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	10.0%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.0%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	8.8%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.5%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	11.0%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	12.4%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	11.2%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.9%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	11.4%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	11.7%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	13.1%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	9.7%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	9.6%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.2%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	8.8%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	9.5%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	10.2%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	10.9%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	9.4%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	9.3%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	9.0%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.8%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.4%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	9.3%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.9%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	9.5%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	9.1%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	9.5%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	9.7%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	10.7%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	9.3%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.9%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	8.3%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.6%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.8%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	9.7%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	10.2%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	9.7%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.9%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	9.2%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.3%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	10.3%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.1%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	8.3%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	8.1%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.8%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	9.0%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	11.5%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.1%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	11.5%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.6%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	10.1%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	10.3%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	11.1%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	9.0%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.6%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.4%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.9%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	9.3%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	12.1%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.4%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.5%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	11.7%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	12.2%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	12.9%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	13.6%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	11.5%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	11.0%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	10.0%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	10.3%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	10.1%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	10.8%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	10.9%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.1%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.0%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.4%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	10.9%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	11.7%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.7%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.1%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	9.0%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.1%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.8%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	7.5%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.8%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.3%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.4%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.8%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.3%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	9.1%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.7%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.3%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.5%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.2%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.9%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	5.3%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.3%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.6%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.5%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.0%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.1%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.6%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.4%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.8%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.4%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	6.1%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.2%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.7%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.6%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.7%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.7%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.0%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.0%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.0%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.1%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.8%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	6.4%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.3%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.6%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.7%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.2%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.2%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.8%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.5%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.9%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	7.7%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.1%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.7%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.1%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.9%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.8%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.5%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.7%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.3%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.3%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.4%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.4%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	8.9%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.0%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.5%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.7%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.1%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.6%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.8%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.3%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.5%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.8%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.5%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.3%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	9.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.6%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.3%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.3%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.3%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.9%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	10.4%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.5%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.7%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.6%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.8%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.7%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	12.4%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.7%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	11.6%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.9%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.7%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.4%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.1%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.7%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.0%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.2%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.3%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.0%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	13.3%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.0%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	12.4%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.3%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.6%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.0%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.6%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	10.8%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	10.5%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.6%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.1%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.8%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	15.8%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	15.5%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.9%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	14.0%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	15.1%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	15.8%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	15.3%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	14.2%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.1%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	11.9%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.9%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.8%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	12.9%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.9%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	14.6%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	13.7%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	14.5%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	14.7%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	14.5%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	13.5%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	13.0%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.9%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	13.6%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	13.8%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Muskegon, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	9.8%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	11.6%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	11.2%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	11.1%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	11.2%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.4%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	11.8%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	10.4%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	11.0%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	10.0%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.7%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.5%	8.0%	6.3%