August 30, 2023
The Baltimore metropolitan space recorded the bottom jobless charge in July, 1.7%, among the many 51 largest US metro areas with populations of 1 million or extra, the US Bureau for Labor Statistics reported Aug. 30.
Baltimore additionally registered the most important decline in jobless charge amongst all massive metro areas, falling 1.7 proportion factors.
Las Vegas posted the very best jobless charge amongst massive metros throughout the identical interval at 6.1%. The largest proportion improve occurred in California’s San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara space, which posted a rise of 0.9 of a proportion level to a 3.6% jobless charge.
Amongst metro areas of all sizes, the bottom unemployment charge in July was within the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, space at 1.4%. The following-lowest charges had been in Burlington, Vermont, at 1.5%, and Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota, at 1.6%.
The metro space with the very best jobless charge was El Centro, California, at 17.7%.
