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US Jobless Rate Goes up to 0.4% from Year Earlier as 286 of 387 urban areas record higher rate
Unemployment decreases in 72 metropolitan areas while it remains the same in 29 areas
Unemployment rate in the U.S. in April 2025 increased to 3.9% from 3.5% a year earlier, a report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has said.
Unemployment shot up in 286 of the 387 U.S. metropolitan areas in April 2025, when compared to a year earlier, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report says. The rates were lower in 72 areas, and unchanged in 29 areas.
Jobless rates were less than 3% in 77 urban areas and eight areas had rates of at least 8%. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 20 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was unchanged in 366 areas.
Unemplyment insurance, meanwhile, rose to the highest level since 2021 , a Department of Labor press release said.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment
In April, Rapid City, SD, and Sioux Falls, SD-MN, had the lowest jobless rates, 1.8% each. El Centro, CA, had the highest rate, 16%. A total of 245 areas had April jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 3.9%, 128 areas had rates above it, and 14 areas had rates equal to that of the nation.
The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase in April occurred in Eagle Pass, TX (+2.6 percentage points). Forty-three other areas had rate increases of at least 1 % point. Kankakee, IL, and Rockford, IL, had the largest over-the-year rate decreases in April (-1.4 percentage points each). Three other areas had rate declines of at least one percentage point.
Of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, Oklahoma City, OK, had the lowest jobless rate in April, 2.3%. Fresno, CA, had the highest rate, 8.3%. Forty-seven large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate increases, six had decreases, and three had no change. The largest rate increases occurred in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (+1.1 percentage points), and Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood,
MI (+1 point). The largest jobless rate decline occurred in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (-0.6 percentage point).
Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Thirteen of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 37 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In April, Miami-Miami
Beach-Kendall, FL, and Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY, had the lowest division unemployment rates, 2.7% each. Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA, had the highest rates among the divisions, 5.1% each.
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In April, 30 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate increases, 4 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest increase occurred in Boston, MA (+1.2 percentage points). The largest unemployment rate declines from April 2024 occurred in Elgin, IL, and Lake County, IL (-1.3 percentage points each).
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In April 2025, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 20 metropolitan areas, decreased in one area, and was essentially unchanged in 366 areas. The largest over-the-year
employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+96,100), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+52,100), and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+35,800).
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Rochester, MN (+5.1%), Barnstable Town, MA (+4.9%), and Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach,
SC (+3.7%). Employment decreased over the year in Bozeman, MT (-3,500, or -4.6%).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 10 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more and was essentially unchanged in 46 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Urban Honolulu, HI (+2%), and Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (+2.%), followed by Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, and San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (+2% each).
Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In April, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 1 metropolitan division, New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ (+81,000, or +1.3%), and was essentially unchanged in 36 divisions.
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