Butte County, ID monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Butte County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Butte County had a 3.3% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.7 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Idaho reported a 2.6% unemployment rate in May, which is the 13th lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Idaho Falls, ID metropolitan area was 2.3%, which is 1.0 percentage points lower than Butte County. Idaho Falls has the 164th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Idaho
#1. Adams County: 8.6%
#2. Clearwater County: 7.4%
#3. Benewah County: 6.6%
#4. Boundary County: 4.8%
#4. Shoshone County: 4.8%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Idaho
#1. Cassia County: 1.9%
#1. Madison County: 1.9%
#3. Franklin County: 2.0%
#3. Oneida County: 2.0%
#5. Camas County: 2.1%