Watauga County, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Watauga County, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Watauga County, North Carolina has ranged from 0.9% in September 1999 to 11.1% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Watauga County is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Watauga County, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Watauga County, NC Current Unemployment - 3.4%

Watauga County, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	2.7%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.9%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.6%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	4.6%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.3%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.4%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.3%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.1%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.0%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.3%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.9%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.9%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.1%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.7%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.3%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	3.4%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.1%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.1%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.0%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.5%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.6%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.6%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.0%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.2%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.3%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	4.1%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.9%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.9%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.6%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.0%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.9%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.8%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.7%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	3.9%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.0%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.7%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.9%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.2%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.5%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	4.7%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.5%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.6%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.5%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.4%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.6%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.5%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.8%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.9%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.3%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.9%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.7%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.0%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.1%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.1%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	5.3%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.0%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.9%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.5%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.2%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.1%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.9%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.2%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.4%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.3%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.5%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	5.4%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.6%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.8%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.8%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.3%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.3%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.9%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.5%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.6%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.6%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.6%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.6%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	8.0%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.6%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.2%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.6%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.7%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.9%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.7%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.2%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.2%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.5%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.9%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	8.0%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.1%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.8%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.2%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.2%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.8%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.9%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.4%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.3%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.6%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.8%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.3%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.4%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.3%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.8%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.6%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.4%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.1%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.0%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.5%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.2%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.1%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.4%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	8.7%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.9%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.8%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.8%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.8%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.8%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.5%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.0%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.9%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.5%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.0%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	8.1%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.6%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.9%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.6%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.0%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.4%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.0%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.6%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.4%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.4%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.9%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.4%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	4.4%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.3%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.0%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.4%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.1%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.5%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.2%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.0%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.7%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.5%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	3.8%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.3%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.1%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.6%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.5%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.1%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.9%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.0%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.2%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.5%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	3.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.6%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.0%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.5%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.1%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.0%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.7%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.3%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	4.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.7%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.4%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.3%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.4%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.2%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.4%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	4.5%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.2%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.5%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.3%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.0%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.7%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.2%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.7%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.1%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.4%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.3%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.9%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	5.3%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.0%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.7%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.8%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.2%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.5%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.9%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.6%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.4%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.2%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.8%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	5.4%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.0%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.1%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.8%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.2%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.5%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.4%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.9%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.5%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.7%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.8%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.8%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	3.9%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.7%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.6%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.1%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.1%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.4%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.8%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.7%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.2%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.5%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.1%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.0%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	3.0%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.2%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.0%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.3%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.2%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.1%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.0%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.3%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.6%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.0%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.8%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	2.3%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.1%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.0%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.4%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.1%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.2%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.1%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	0.9%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.0%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.3%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.3%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	2.7%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.8%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.7%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.9%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.7%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.9%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.7%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.5%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.4%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.2%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.4%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.4%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	3.3%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.9%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.7%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.2%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.9%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.2%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.9%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.7%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.6%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.5%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.1%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.3%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	5.0%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.3%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.6%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.2%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.7%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.6%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.4%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	1.9%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.8%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.9%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.7%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.0%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	3.4%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.3%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.8%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.4%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.8%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.7%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.1%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.3%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.0%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.7%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.5%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.0%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	3.1%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.0%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	2.4%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.4%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	1.9%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	1.9%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.2%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.0%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	1.9%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.2%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.7%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.0%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	3.9%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.7%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.2%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.9%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.1%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	2.7%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	2.5%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.0%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.1%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.4%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.4%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	5.2%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.0%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.6%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.8%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.5%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.9%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.1%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.7%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.7%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.3%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.9%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.0%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	4.7%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.5%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.4%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.6%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.2%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.7%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.2%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.4%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.1%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.1%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.5%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.8%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Watauga County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	4.8%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.4%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.8%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.1%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.4%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.0%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.8%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.2%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.1%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.0%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.8%	4.9%	6.3%