Salem City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Salem City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Salem City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.2% in October 1999 to 10.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Salem City County is 3.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Salem City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Salem City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.1%

Salem City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.9%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.9%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.1%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.0%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.8%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.6%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.4%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.6%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.0%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.6%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.5%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.1%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.0%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.5%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.5%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.6%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.4%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.8%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.8%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.7%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.2%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.5%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.1%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.1%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.7%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.1%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.1%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.9%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.9%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.1%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.7%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.5%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.4%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.5%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.2%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.3%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.1%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.4%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.6%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.2%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.9%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.4%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.7%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.0%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.0%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.0%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.5%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.1%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.0%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.9%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.5%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.2%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.3%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.2%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.2%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.0%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.8%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	4.9%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.8%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.6%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.3%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.7%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.9%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.6%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.2%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.2%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.0%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.8%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.9%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.5%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.7%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.6%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.7%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.4%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.6%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.0%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.7%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.5%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	6.3%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.0%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.5%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.5%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.9%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.4%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.2%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.8%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.8%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.8%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.4%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.1%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	6.3%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.4%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.2%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.5%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.0%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.5%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.5%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.9%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.5%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.5%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.4%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.4%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	6.7%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.5%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.2%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.9%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.3%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.7%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.5%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.5%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.3%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.1%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.2%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	7.5%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.4%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.2%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.7%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.7%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.0%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.0%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.0%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.6%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.5%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.6%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.4%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.5%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.0%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.2%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.9%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.2%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.7%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.6%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.5%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.6%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.9%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.7%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.8%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.4%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.4%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.9%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.3%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.9%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.0%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.0%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.6%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.7%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.1%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.2%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.1%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.7%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.8%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.1%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.0%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.8%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.9%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.2%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.0%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.1%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.1%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.4%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.4%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.8%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.6%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.5%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	3.6%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.4%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.2%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.2%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.4%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.7%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.3%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.1%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.1%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.9%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.9%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.6%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	3.9%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.6%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.4%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.6%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.0%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.7%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.4%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.1%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.0%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.2%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.2%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	4.7%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.3%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.4%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.7%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.9%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.5%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.7%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.6%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.6%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.5%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.6%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.2%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	4.0%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.0%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.8%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.5%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.0%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.8%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.8%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.7%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.6%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.3%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.5%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.4%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.6%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.9%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.2%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.3%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.2%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.3%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.3%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.3%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.9%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.1%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.2%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.1%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.2%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.7%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.3%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.5%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	2.5%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.6%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.3%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.6%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.7%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.6%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.6%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.4%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.2%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.3%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.3%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	3.0%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.6%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.4%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.4%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.5%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.2%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.6%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.7%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.0%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.7%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.7%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.6%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	3.6%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.3%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.4%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.4%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.5%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.7%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.3%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.0%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.9%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.8%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	2.8%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.5%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.3%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.7%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.3%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.4%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.6%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.2%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.6%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.2%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.2%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.2%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	2.8%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	2.7%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.6%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.8%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.6%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.6%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.2%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.7%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.6%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.4%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.1%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.4%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	3.9%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.3%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.0%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.9%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.1%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.4%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.9%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.6%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.6%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.1%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.3%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	4.6%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.6%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.7%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.5%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.1%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.7%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.8%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.7%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.1%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.2%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.9%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	6.1%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.1%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.4%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.4%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.4%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.0%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.6%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.8%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.1%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.1%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.2%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	4.9%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.0%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.6%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.0%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.3%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.9%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.4%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.1%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.5%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.8%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.7%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.9%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Salem City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	3.0%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.4%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.3%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.8%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.2%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.9%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.7%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.1%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.4%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.4%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.8%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.7%	5.4%	6.3%