Marion, SC Unemployment Rate Report

Marion, SC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Marion, South Carolina has ranged from 3.1% in September 2019 to 21.3% in December 2009. The current unemployment rate for Marion is 5.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Marion, SC Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Marion, SC Current Unemployment - 5.3%

Marion, SC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	7.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.8%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.8%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.6%	2.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.2%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.6%	3.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.3%	3.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.3%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	8.0%	5.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.8%	5.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.4%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.1%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.6%	3.6%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.9%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.2%	4.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.1%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.7%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.4%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.1%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.9%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	4.3%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.5%	3.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.5%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.4%	12.2%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.9%	12.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.8%	8.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.6%	8.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.2%	6.7%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.8%	4.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.3%	4.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.2%	5.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.2%	5.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	6.4%	4.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.8%	3.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.3%	3.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.0%	2.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.5%	3.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.5%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.2%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.1%	2.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.5%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.3%	2.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.4%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	7.1%	4.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.5%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.5%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.5%	2.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.6%	2.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.3%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.5%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.0%	3.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.3%	3.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.1%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.8%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	9.6%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.7%	4.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.6%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.7%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.6%	3.8%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.3%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.5%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.7%	4.8%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.1%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.9%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.9%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.1%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	10.0%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.6%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.8%	5.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.9%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.8%	4.6%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.7%	5.4%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.1%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.2%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.4%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2016	9.3%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	8.5%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.8%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	11.9%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	11.3%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.0%	6.1%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.3%	5.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.6%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.9%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.9%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.3%	6.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	9.4%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.9%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.6%	5.5%	5.1%
12 / 2015	9.9%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	11.4%	6.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.9%	6.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	9.9%	5.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.9%	5.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.6%	5.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.3%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.1%	6.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	10.7%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	10.4%	6.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.7%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	10.9%	6.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	11.3%	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	16.2%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	15.1%	8.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.6%	7.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	12.7%	7.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	12.7%	7.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.1%	8.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.3%	7.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.7%	7.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	12.7%	7.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	12.0%	7.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.0%	6.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.2%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	17.8%	10.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	17.6%	10.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	16.9%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	15.6%	8.8%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.2%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	15.9%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	16.6%	9.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	15.5%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	14.7%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	15.0%	8.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.1%	8.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	15.4%	8.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	19.9%	11.3%	9.1%
2 / 2011	19.1%	11.0%	9.0%
3 / 2011	18.0%	10.3%	9.0%
4 / 2011	17.5%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	17.1%	10.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	17.7%	11.1%	9.1%
7 / 2011	17.6%	10.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	17.8%	11.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	17.7%	10.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	17.2%	10.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	16.5%	10.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	16.5%	9.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	21.0%	12.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	19.8%	12.1%	9.8%
3 / 2010	18.4%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	17.9%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	17.3%	10.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	17.9%	11.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	18.2%	11.0%	9.4%
8 / 2010	17.9%	11.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	17.5%	10.7%	9.5%
10 / 2010	17.0%	10.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	18.0%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	18.4%	10.8%	9.3%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	21.1%	10.6%	7.8%
2 / 2009	20.6%	11.0%	8.3%
3 / 2009	19.9%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	19.8%	10.7%	9.0%
5 / 2009	20.7%	11.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	20.2%	11.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	21.0%	11.6%	9.5%
8 / 2009	20.5%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	20.2%	11.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	19.4%	11.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	19.7%	11.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	21.3%	11.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	12.7%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.1%	5.7%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.1%	5.4%	5.1%
4 / 2008	10.9%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	11.4%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	12.1%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	14.0%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	14.5%	7.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	15.1%	7.5%	6.1%
10 / 2008	15.3%	7.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	16.5%	8.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	18.4%	9.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	13.3%	6.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	12.8%	6.1%	4.5%
3 / 2007	11.0%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	11.3%	5.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	10.7%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	11.8%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	11.8%	5.8%	4.7%
8 / 2007	11.3%	5.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	10.9%	5.6%	4.7%
10 / 2007	10.7%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 2007	10.9%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	11.7%	5.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	13.3%	6.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	13.0%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	11.7%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	12.0%	6.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	12.2%	6.2%	4.6%
6 / 2006	11.9%	6.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	12.3%	6.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	11.7%	6.8%	4.7%
9 / 2006	11.0%	6.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	11.3%	6.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.9%	6.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	11.8%	6.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	14.6%	7.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	14.6%	7.2%	5.4%
3 / 2005	12.5%	6.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	13.6%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	12.8%	6.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	13.2%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	13.2%	6.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	13.5%	6.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	13.5%	6.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	13.1%	6.9%	5.0%
11 / 2005	15.1%	6.9%	5.0%
12 / 2005	13.9%	6.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	14.5%	7.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	13.7%	7.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	13.2%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	12.6%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	12.7%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	13.5%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	14.9%	7.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	13.5%	6.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	12.8%	6.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	12.7%	6.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	13.7%	6.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	14.5%	6.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	14.2%	7.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	13.4%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.1%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	12.4%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	12.0%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	13.7%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	12.9%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	12.9%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	13.4%	7.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	13.4%	6.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	14.0%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	14.0%	6.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	12.8%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	11.8%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.1%	5.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.5%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.0%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	10.7%	6.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	10.0%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	10.3%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.6%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	10.4%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	11.1%	5.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.9%	5.9%	6.0%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	13.2%	4.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	13.2%	4.8%	4.2%
3 / 2001	12.8%	4.6%	4.3%
4 / 2001	13.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2001	10.9%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	12.1%	5.6%	4.5%
7 / 2001	12.9%	5.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	12.5%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	12.1%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	11.6%	5.7%	5.3%
11 / 2001	11.8%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.7%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	8.3%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.3%	4.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.5%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.4%	3.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	9.8%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	10.6%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	10.0%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	11.1%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	9.4%	3.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	11.5%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	10.2%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	10.6%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	13.2%	4.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	15.7%	4.5%	4.4%
3 / 1999	14.4%	3.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	12.4%	4.0%	4.3%
5 / 1999	9.9%	3.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.7%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 1999	13.5%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	12.1%	4.6%	4.2%
9 / 1999	13.4%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 1999	11.8%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 1999	11.6%	4.2%	4.1%
12 / 1999	11.2%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	8.3%	4.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	11.7%	3.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.1%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.8%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.2%	3.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.8%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	9.3%	4.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.5%	4.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	9.2%	4.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.8%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	10.2%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	10.0%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	11.8%	6.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.1%	5.7%	5.2%
3 / 1997	13.4%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.8%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	10.8%	4.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	12.1%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	10.2%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.4%	4.6%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.6%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.8%	3.7%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.0%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.0%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	15.6%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	14.2%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	16.5%	5.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	15.6%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	13.0%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.9%	6.2%	5.3%
7 / 1996	13.0%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.9%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	12.7%	5.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.2%	5.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.0%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.6%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	11.3%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	10.5%	5.2%	5.4%
3 / 1995	10.5%	4.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	11.0%	4.7%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.1%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	11.0%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.4%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	10.9%	5.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	11.1%	5.2%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.5%	5.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	11.3%	5.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	16.3%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.0%	7.4%	6.6%
3 / 1994	14.6%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	14.4%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	13.5%	6.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.3%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.1%	6.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.7%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	12.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.3%	5.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.9%	5.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	10.5%	4.9%	5.5%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	13.3%	7.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.9%	7.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	12.7%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.7%	7.1%	7.1%
5 / 1993	13.2%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	15.3%	8.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	15.4%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	13.6%	7.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	13.2%	7.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	13.0%	6.9%	6.8%
11 / 1993	12.2%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.5%	6.5%	6.5%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	13.6%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.8%	7.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.3%	6.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.6%	6.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.7%	6.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.6%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.9%	6.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.5%	6.8%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.5%	6.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.7%	6.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.8%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.0%	6.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	11.8%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.3%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.6%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.8%	5.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.1%	5.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	14.1%	6.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	13.0%	6.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	14.5%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	14.0%	6.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	13.3%	6.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	12.4%	6.2%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.8%	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Marion, SC%	South-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	7.4%	5.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.8%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.4%	4.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	10.5%	4.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.4%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.7%	5.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.5%	4.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.8%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	9.5%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.0%	4.7%	5.9%
11 / 1990	11.3%	5.0%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.6%	5.1%	6.3%