Wake County, NC monthly unemployment update

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

Wake County had a 2.7% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.4 percentage point decrease from a month ago. North Carolina reported a 3.4% unemployment rate in May, which is the 20th highest 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 Raleigh, NC metropolitan area was 2.7%. Raleigh has the 369th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in North Carolina
#1. Scotland County: 6.8%
#2. Edgecombe County: 5.2%
#3. Tyrrell County: 5.1%
#4. Hyde County: 5.0%
#4. Vance County: 5.0%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in North Carolina
#1. Buncombe County: 2.4%
#2. Chatham County: 2.6%
#2. Haywood County: 2.6%
#2. Henderson County: 2.6%
#2. Swain County: 2.6%