Idaho Unemployment Rate Report

Idaho Unemployment by County

Idaho Current Unemployment 2.7%

Idaho Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Idaho has ranged from 2.2% in May 2007 to 11.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Idaho is 2.7% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

ID Highest Unemployment by County

Adams, ID unemployment rate

4.7%

Clearwater, ID unemployment rate

4.5%

Shoshone, ID unemployment rate

4.5%

Lewis, ID unemployment rate

4.0%

Boise, ID unemployment rate

3.9%

Idaho, ID unemployment rate

3.6%

Benewah, ID unemployment rate

3.6%

Washington, ID unemployment rate

3.5%

Bonner, ID unemployment rate

3.2%

Lemhi, ID unemployment rate

3.2%

ID Unemployment City Links

Boise, ID Unemployment Report

Nampa, ID Unemployment Report

Meridian, ID Unemployment Report

Idaho Falls, ID Unemployment Report

Pocatello, ID Unemployment Report

Caldwell, ID Unemployment Report

Coeur dAlene, ID Unemployment Report

Twin Falls, ID Unemployment Report

Lewiston, ID Unemployment Report

Post Falls, ID Unemployment Report

ID Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 ID Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2022	3.5%	4.0%
2/2022	3.3%	3.8%
3/2022	3.1%	3.6%
4/2022	2.6%	3.6%
5/2022	2.3%	3.6%
5/2022	2.3%	3.6%
6/2022	2.7%	3.6%
7/2022	2.7%	3.5%
8/2022	2.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2021	4.4%	6.3%
2/2021	4.5%	6.2%
3/2021	4.0%	6.0%
4/2021	3.4%	6.1%
5/2021	2.9%	5.8%
6/2021	3.2%	5.9%
7/2021	3.4%	5.4%
8/2021	3.3%	5.2%
9/2021	2.8%	4.7%
10/2021	2.7%	4.6%
11/2021	2.8%	4.2%
12/2021	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2020	3.5%	3.6%
2/2020	3.1%	3.5%
3/2020	3.0%	4.4%
4/2020	11.8%	14.7%
5/2020	8.6%	13.3%
6/2020	5.5%	11.1%
7/2020	4.8%	10.2%
8/2020	3.8%	8.4%
9/2020	5.6%	7.9%
10/2020	5.0%	6.9%
11/2020	4.1%	6.7%
12/2020	4.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2019	4.0%	4.0%
2/2019	3.7%	3.8%
3/2019	3.5%	3.8%
4/2019	3.0%	3.6%
5/2019	2.6%	3.6%
6/2019	2.7%	3.7%
7/2019	2.7%	3.7%
8/2019	2.5%	3.7%
9/2019	2.3%	3.5%
10/2019	2.3%	3.6%
11/2019	2.8%	3.5%
12/2019	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2018	4.0%	4.1%
2/2018	3.8%	4.1%
3/2018	3.6%	4.0%
4/2018	3.0%	3.9%
5/2018	2.5%	3.8%
6/2018	2.6%	4.0%
7/2018	2.6%	3.9%
8/2018	2.4%	3.8%
9/2018	2.3%	3.7%
10/2018	2.3%	3.8%
11/2018	2.8%	3.7%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2017	4.5%	4.7%
2/2017	4.2%	4.7%
3/2017	3.9%	4.4%
4/2017	3.3%	4.4%
5/2017	2.9%	4.4%
6/2017	2.9%	4.3%
7/2017	2.9%	4.3%
8/2017	2.7%	4.4%
9/2017	2.6%	4.2%
10/2017	2.6%	4.1%
11/2017	3.0%	4.2%
12/2017	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2016	5.0%	4.9%
2/2016	4.7%	4.9%
3/2016	4.5%	5.0%
4/2016	3.9%	5.0%
5/2016	3.5%	4.8%
6/2016	3.5%	4.9%
7/2016	3.5%	4.8%
8/2016	3.3%	4.9%
9/2016	3.2%	5.0%
10/2016	3.1%	4.9%
11/2016	3.5%	4.7%
12/2016	3.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2015	5.2%	5.7%
2/2015	5.0%	5.5%
3/2015	4.8%	5.4%
4/2015	4.2%	5.4%
5/2015	3.8%	5.6%
6/2015	3.8%	5.3%
7/2015	3.9%	5.2%
8/2015	3.7%	5.1%
9/2015	3.5%	5.0%
10/2015	3.5%	5.0%
11/2015	4.0%	5.1%
12/2015	4.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2014	6.2%	6.6%
2/2014	5.9%	6.7%
3/2014	5.7%	6.7%
4/2014	5.0%	6.2%
5/2014	4.4%	6.3%
6/2014	4.6%	6.1%
7/2014	4.6%	6.2%
8/2014	4.7%	6.1%
9/2014	4.2%	5.9%
10/2014	4.0%	5.7%
11/2014	4.5%	5.8%
12/2014	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2013	7.7%	8.0%
2/2013	7.5%	7.7%
3/2013	7.1%	7.5%
4/2013	6.6%	7.6%
5/2013	5.7%	7.5%
6/2013	5.9%	7.5%
7/2013	5.9%	7.3%
8/2013	5.8%	7.2%
9/2013	5.4%	7.2%
10/2013	5.3%	7.2%
11/2013	5.6%	6.9%
12/2013	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2012	8.9%	8.3%
2/2012	8.6%	8.3%
3/2012	8.3%	8.2%
4/2012	7.6%	8.2%
5/2012	6.8%	8.2%
6/2012	6.9%	8.2%
7/2012	6.8%	8.2%
8/2012	6.7%	8.1%
9/2012	6.3%	7.8%
10/2012	6.3%	7.8%
11/2012	6.8%	7.7%
12/2012	6.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2011	10.1%	9.1%
2/2011	9.8%	9.0%
3/2011	9.6%	9.0%
4/2011	8.8%	9.1%
5/2011	7.9%	9.0%
6/2011	7.9%	9.1%
7/2011	7.8%	9.0%
8/2011	7.8%	9.0%
9/2011	7.4%	9.0%
10/2011	7.2%	8.8%
11/2011	7.9%	8.6%
12/2011	7.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2010	10.5%	9.8%
2/2010	10.4%	9.8%
3/2010	10.0%	9.9%
4/2010	9.4%	9.9%
5/2010	8.3%	9.6%
6/2010	8.5%	9.4%
7/2010	8.3%	9.4%
8/2010	8.4%	9.5%
9/2010	8.0%	9.5%
10/2010	8.1%	9.4%
11/2010	8.7%	9.8%
12/2010	9.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2009	8.7%	7.8%
2/2009	8.8%	8.3%
3/2009	8.8%	8.7%
4/2009	7.6%	9.0%
5/2009	8.7%	9.4%
6/2009	9.1%	9.5%
7/2009	8.9%	9.5%
8/2009	8.8%	9.6%
9/2009	8.6%	9.8%
10/2009	8.5%	10.0%
11/2009	9.0%	9.9%
12/2009	9.6%	9.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2008	4.1%	5.0%
2/2008	4.0%	4.9%
3/2008	3.9%	5.1%
4/2008	5.1%	5.0%
5/2008	4.7%	5.4%
6/2008	5.0%	5.6%
7/2008	5.0%	5.8%
8/2008	5.2%	6.1%
9/2008	5.1%	6.1%
10/2008	5.4%	6.5%
11/2008	6.5%	6.8%
12/2008	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2007	4.5%	4.6%
2/2007	4.2%	4.5%
3/2007	3.8%	4.4%
4/2007	3.2%	4.5%
5/2007	2.2%	4.4%
6/2007	2.4%	4.6%
7/2007	2.5%	4.7%
8/2007	2.6%	4.6%
9/2007	2.4%	4.7%
10/2007	2.5%	4.7%
11/2007	3.0%	4.7%
12/2007	3.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2006	5.3%	4.7%
2/2006	5.0%	4.8%
3/2006	4.6%	4.7%
4/2006	3.9%	4.7%
5/2006	2.9%	4.6%
6/2006	3.0%	4.6%
7/2006	2.9%	4.7%
8/2006	3.0%	4.7%
9/2006	2.5%	4.5%
10/2006	2.5%	4.4%
11/2006	3.0%	4.5%
12/2006	3.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2005	5.6%	5.3%
2/2005	5.2%	5.4%
3/2005	4.9%	5.2%
4/2005	4.4%	5.2%
5/2005	3.7%	5.1%
6/2005	3.7%	5.0%
7/2005	3.6%	5.0%
8/2005	3.5%	4.9%
9/2005	3.2%	5.0%
10/2005	3.1%	5.0%
11/2005	3.6%	5.0%
12/2005	3.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2004	6.6%	5.7%
2/2004	6.2%	5.6%
3/2004	6.1%	5.8%
4/2004	5.2%	5.6%
5/2004	4.4%	5.6%
6/2004	4.5%	5.6%
7/2004	4.3%	5.5%
8/2004	4.4%	5.4%
9/2004	4.1%	5.4%
10/2004	4.1%	5.5%
11/2004	4.5%	5.4%
12/2004	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2003	6.8%	5.8%
2/2003	6.6%	5.9%
3/2003	6.6%	5.9%
4/2003	6.1%	6.0%
5/2003	5.2%	6.1%
6/2003	5.2%	6.3%
7/2003	5.2%	6.2%
8/2003	5.2%	6.1%
9/2003	4.7%	6.1%
10/2003	4.8%	6.0%
11/2003	5.3%	5.8%
12/2003	5.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2002	7.0%	5.7%
2/2002	6.9%	5.7%
3/2002	6.7%	5.7%
4/2002	6.1%	5.9%
5/2002	5.0%	5.8%
6/2002	5.0%	5.8%
7/2002	4.9%	5.8%
8/2002	4.9%	5.7%
9/2002	4.6%	5.7%
10/2002	4.6%	5.7%
11/2002	5.4%	5.9%
12/2002	5.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2001	5.9%	4.2%
2/2001	5.9%	4.2%
3/2001	5.8%	4.3%
4/2001	5.4%	4.4%
5/2001	4.5%	4.3%
6/2001	4.6%	4.5%
7/2001	4.5%	4.6%
8/2001	4.7%	4.9%
9/2001	4.4%	5.0%
10/2001	4.5%	5.3%
11/2001	5.3%	5.5%
12/2001	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/2000	6.0%	4.0%
2/2000	5.8%	4.1%
3/2000	5.6%	4.0%
4/2000	4.9%	3.8%
5/2000	4.1%	4.0%
6/2000	4.2%	4.0%
7/2000	4.1%	4.0%
8/2000	4.3%	4.1%
9/2000	3.9%	3.9%
10/2000	4.0%	3.9%
11/2000	4.6%	3.9%
12/2000	5.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1999	6.3%	4.3%
2/1999	6.2%	4.4%
3/1999	6.1%	4.2%
4/1999	5.4%	4.3%
5/1999	4.5%	4.2%
6/1999	4.5%	4.3%
7/1999	4.3%	4.3%
8/1999	4.5%	4.2%
9/1999	4.0%	4.2%
10/1999	4.0%	4.1%
11/1999	4.5%	4.1%
12/1999	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1998	6.6%	4.6%
2/1998	6.4%	4.6%
3/1998	6.3%	4.7%
4/1998	5.4%	4.3%
5/1998	4.5%	4.4%
6/1998	4.7%	4.5%
7/1998	4.5%	4.5%
8/1998	4.5%	4.5%
9/1998	4.3%	4.6%
10/1998	4.3%	4.5%
11/1998	4.8%	4.4%
12/1998	5.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1997	6.7%	5.3%
2/1997	6.4%	5.2%
3/1997	6.2%	5.2%
4/1997	5.6%	5.1%
5/1997	4.6%	4.9%
6/1997	4.6%	5.0%
7/1997	4.4%	4.9%
8/1997	4.7%	4.8%
9/1997	4.3%	4.9%
10/1997	4.3%	4.7%
11/1997	4.8%	4.6%
12/1997	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1996	6.8%	5.6%
2/1996	6.8%	5.5%
3/1996	6.5%	5.5%
4/1996	5.8%	5.6%
5/1996	4.8%	5.6%
6/1996	4.7%	5.3%
7/1996	4.6%	5.5%
8/1996	4.6%	5.1%
9/1996	4.3%	5.2%
10/1996	4.3%	5.2%
11/1996	5.2%	5.4%
12/1996	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1995	6.9%	5.6%
2/1995	6.5%	5.4%
3/1995	6.3%	5.4%
4/1995	5.7%	5.8%
5/1995	4.9%	5.6%
6/1995	4.9%	5.6%
7/1995	4.8%	5.7%
8/1995	4.9%	5.7%
9/1995	4.6%	5.6%
10/1995	4.6%	5.5%
11/1995	5.4%	5.6%
12/1995	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1994	7.1%	6.6%
2/1994	6.6%	6.6%
3/1994	6.4%	6.5%
4/1994	5.7%	6.4%
5/1994	4.7%	6.1%
6/1994	4.8%	6.1%
7/1994	4.8%	6.1%
8/1994	4.8%	6.0%
9/1994	4.6%	5.9%
10/1994	4.7%	5.8%
11/1994	5.3%	5.6%
12/1994	5.7%	5.5%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1993	7.8%	7.3%
2/1993	7.5%	7.1%
3/1993	7.6%	7.0%
4/1993	6.7%	7.1%
5/1993	5.6%	7.1%
6/1993	5.6%	7.0%
7/1993	5.3%	6.9%
8/1993	5.3%	6.8%
9/1993	4.9%	6.7%
10/1993	4.9%	6.8%
11/1993	5.3%	6.6%
12/1993	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1992	7.8%	7.3%
2/1992	7.8%	7.4%
3/1992	7.5%	7.4%
4/1992	6.9%	7.4%
5/1992	5.6%	7.6%
6/1992	5.9%	7.8%
7/1992	5.7%	7.7%
8/1992	6.1%	7.6%
9/1992	5.6%	7.6%
10/1992	5.5%	7.3%
11/1992	6.1%	7.4%
12/1992	6.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1991	7.9%	6.4%
2/1991	7.6%	6.6%
3/1991	7.5%	6.8%
4/1991	6.7%	6.7%
5/1991	5.6%	6.9%
6/1991	5.6%	6.9%
7/1991	5.5%	6.8%
8/1991	5.6%	6.9%
9/1991	5.2%	6.9%
10/1991	5.1%	7.0%
11/1991	6.0%	7.0%
12/1991	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	ID %	National %
1/1990	6.8%	5.4%
2/1990	6.5%	5.3%
3/1990	6.5%	5.2%
4/1990	5.9%	5.4%
5/1990	4.8%	5.4%
6/1990	5.1%	5.2%
7/1990	5.2%	5.5%
8/1990	4.9%	5.7%
9/1990	4.5%	5.9%
10/1990	4.6%	5.9%
11/1990	5.6%	6.2%
12/1990	6.0%	6.3%