New Mexico Unemployment Rate Report

New Mexico Unemployment by County

New Mexico Current Unemployment 4.4%

New Mexico Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New Mexico has ranged from 3.4% in December 2006 to 13.3% in July 2020. The current unemployment rate for New Mexico is 4.4% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

NM Highest Unemployment by County

Luna, NM unemployment rate

9.0%

Cibola, NM unemployment rate

6.1%

McKinley, NM unemployment rate

6.1%

Torrance, NM unemployment rate

6.0%

Sierra, NM unemployment rate

5.9%

Lea, NM unemployment rate

5.6%

Taos, NM unemployment rate

5.6%

Mora, NM unemployment rate

5.5%

San Miguel, NM unemployment rate

5.4%

Catron, NM unemployment rate

5.3%

NM Unemployment City Links

Albuquerque, NM Unemployment Report

Las Cruces, NM Unemployment Report

Rio Rancho, NM Unemployment Report

Santa Fe, NM Unemployment Report

Roswell, NM Unemployment Report

Farmington, NM Unemployment Report

South Valley, NM Unemployment Report

Clovis, NM Unemployment Report

Hobbs, NM Unemployment Report

Alamogordo, NM Unemployment Report

NM Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 NM Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2022	5.5%	4.0%
2/2022	4.9%	3.8%
3/2022	4.6%	3.6%
4/2022	4.4%	3.6%
5/2022	4.1%	3.6%
5/2022	4.1%	3.6%
6/2022	5.0%	3.6%
7/2022	4.7%	3.5%
8/2022	4.4%	3.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2021	9.1%	6.3%
2/2021	8.3%	6.2%
3/2021	8.0%	6.0%
4/2021	7.6%	6.1%
5/2021	7.4%	5.8%
6/2021	8.4%	5.9%
7/2021	7.9%	5.4%
8/2021	7.1%	5.2%
9/2021	6.2%	4.7%
10/2021	5.8%	4.6%
11/2021	5.6%	4.2%
12/2021	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2020	5.0%	3.6%
2/2020	5.1%	3.5%
3/2020	6.2%	4.4%
4/2020	11.4%	14.7%
5/2020	8.7%	13.3%
6/2020	9.1%	11.1%
7/2020	13.3%	10.2%
8/2020	11.5%	8.4%
9/2020	9.9%	7.9%
10/2020	7.9%	6.9%
11/2020	8.1%	6.7%
12/2020	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2019	5.3%	4.0%
2/2019	5.1%	3.8%
3/2019	4.8%	3.8%
4/2019	4.4%	3.6%
5/2019	4.5%	3.6%
6/2019	5.5%	3.7%
7/2019	5.5%	3.7%
8/2019	4.9%	3.7%
9/2019	4.6%	3.5%
10/2019	4.6%	3.6%
11/2019	4.6%	3.5%
12/2019	4.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2018	5.4%	4.1%
2/2018	5.2%	4.1%
3/2018	4.7%	4.0%
4/2018	4.4%	3.9%
5/2018	4.3%	3.8%
6/2018	5.4%	4.0%
7/2018	5.4%	3.9%
8/2018	4.9%	3.8%
9/2018	4.8%	3.7%
10/2018	4.7%	3.8%
11/2018	4.7%	3.7%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2017	6.6%	4.7%
2/2017	6.4%	4.7%
3/2017	6.0%	4.4%
4/2017	5.6%	4.4%
5/2017	5.6%	4.4%
6/2017	6.5%	4.3%
7/2017	6.5%	4.3%
8/2017	6.0%	4.4%
9/2017	5.6%	4.2%
10/2017	5.3%	4.1%
11/2017	5.3%	4.2%
12/2017	5.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2016	6.7%	4.9%
2/2016	6.6%	4.9%
3/2016	6.4%	5.0%
4/2016	6.2%	5.0%
5/2016	6.2%	4.8%
6/2016	7.4%	4.9%
7/2016	7.4%	4.8%
8/2016	6.9%	4.9%
9/2016	6.6%	5.0%
10/2016	6.4%	4.9%
11/2016	6.3%	4.7%
12/2016	6.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2015	6.6%	5.7%
2/2015	6.6%	5.5%
3/2015	6.4%	5.4%
4/2015	6.1%	5.4%
5/2015	6.2%	5.6%
6/2015	7.2%	5.3%
7/2015	7.2%	5.2%
8/2015	6.6%	5.1%
9/2015	6.3%	5.0%
10/2015	6.3%	5.0%
11/2015	6.3%	5.1%
12/2015	6.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2014	7.2%	6.6%
2/2014	7.0%	6.7%
3/2014	6.9%	6.7%
4/2014	6.4%	6.2%
5/2014	6.5%	6.3%
6/2014	7.5%	6.1%
7/2014	7.4%	6.2%
8/2014	6.9%	6.1%
9/2014	6.6%	5.9%
10/2014	6.3%	5.7%
11/2014	6.3%	5.8%
12/2014	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2013	7.4%	8.0%
2/2013	7.1%	7.7%
3/2013	6.7%	7.5%
4/2013	6.4%	7.6%
5/2013	6.5%	7.5%
6/2013	7.7%	7.5%
7/2013	7.5%	7.3%
8/2013	7.1%	7.2%
9/2013	6.9%	7.2%
10/2013	6.9%	7.2%
11/2013	6.8%	6.9%
12/2013	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2012	7.8%	8.3%
2/2012	7.4%	8.3%
3/2012	7.2%	8.2%
4/2012	6.6%	8.2%
5/2012	6.7%	8.2%
6/2012	7.8%	8.2%
7/2012	7.7%	8.2%
8/2012	7.2%	8.1%
9/2012	6.8%	7.8%
10/2012	6.7%	7.8%
11/2012	6.7%	7.7%
12/2012	6.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2011	7.9%	9.1%
2/2011	7.6%	9.0%
3/2011	7.3%	9.0%
4/2011	7.0%	9.1%
5/2011	7.1%	9.0%
6/2011	8.1%	9.1%
7/2011	8.0%	9.0%
8/2011	7.8%	9.0%
9/2011	7.6%	9.0%
10/2011	7.4%	8.8%
11/2011	7.3%	8.6%
12/2011	7.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2010	8.1%	9.8%
2/2010	8.1%	9.8%
3/2010	8.2%	9.9%
4/2010	7.9%	9.9%
5/2010	8.1%	9.6%
6/2010	9.0%	9.4%
7/2010	8.8%	9.4%
8/2010	8.4%	9.5%
9/2010	8.0%	9.5%
10/2010	7.7%	9.4%
11/2010	7.6%	9.8%
12/2010	7.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2009	6.5%	7.8%
2/2009	6.7%	8.3%
3/2009	7.3%	8.7%
4/2009	7.2%	9.0%
5/2009	7.6%	9.4%
6/2009	8.7%	9.5%
7/2009	8.4%	9.5%
8/2009	8.0%	9.6%
9/2009	7.6%	9.8%
10/2009	7.5%	10.0%
11/2009	7.5%	9.9%
12/2009	7.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2008	4.1%	5.0%
2/2008	3.9%	4.9%
3/2008	4.0%	5.1%
4/2008	3.7%	5.0%
5/2008	3.9%	5.4%
6/2008	4.9%	5.6%
7/2008	4.9%	5.8%
8/2008	4.7%	6.1%
9/2008	4.6%	6.1%
10/2008	4.6%	6.5%
11/2008	4.9%	6.8%
12/2008	5.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2007	4.0%	4.6%
2/2007	3.8%	4.5%
3/2007	3.7%	4.4%
4/2007	3.5%	4.5%
5/2007	3.6%	4.4%
6/2007	4.4%	4.6%
7/2007	4.2%	4.7%
8/2007	3.7%	4.6%
9/2007	3.6%	4.7%
10/2007	3.5%	4.7%
11/2007	3.5%	4.7%
12/2007	3.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2006	4.4%	4.7%
2/2006	4.3%	4.8%
3/2006	4.1%	4.7%
4/2006	3.9%	4.7%
5/2006	4.1%	4.6%
6/2006	5.0%	4.6%
7/2006	4.8%	4.7%
8/2006	4.4%	4.7%
9/2006	4.1%	4.5%
10/2006	3.8%	4.4%
11/2006	3.7%	4.5%
12/2006	3.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2005	5.7%	5.3%
2/2005	5.5%	5.4%
3/2005	5.5%	5.2%
4/2005	5.0%	5.2%
5/2005	5.0%	5.1%
6/2005	5.9%	5.0%
7/2005	5.6%	5.0%
8/2005	5.1%	4.9%
9/2005	4.8%	5.0%
10/2005	4.6%	5.0%
11/2005	4.5%	5.0%
12/2005	4.2%	4.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2004	6.1%	5.7%
2/2004	5.7%	5.6%
3/2004	5.8%	5.8%
4/2004	5.3%	5.6%
5/2004	5.3%	5.6%
6/2004	6.2%	5.6%
7/2004	5.9%	5.5%
8/2004	5.5%	5.4%
9/2004	5.2%	5.4%
10/2004	5.0%	5.5%
11/2004	5.0%	5.4%
12/2004	5.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2003	6.0%	5.8%
2/2003	5.8%	5.9%
3/2003	5.8%	5.9%
4/2003	5.5%	6.0%
5/2003	5.6%	6.1%
6/2003	6.7%	6.3%
7/2003	6.5%	6.2%
8/2003	6.0%	6.1%
9/2003	5.8%	6.1%
10/2003	5.6%	6.0%
11/2003	5.6%	5.8%
12/2003	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2002	5.6%	5.7%
2/2002	5.6%	5.7%
3/2002	5.5%	5.7%
4/2002	5.3%	5.9%
5/2002	5.4%	5.8%
6/2002	6.4%	5.8%
7/2002	6.1%	5.8%
8/2002	5.6%	5.7%
9/2002	5.3%	5.7%
10/2002	5.2%	5.7%
11/2002	5.3%	5.9%
12/2002	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2001	5.3%	4.2%
2/2001	5.1%	4.2%
3/2001	5.0%	4.3%
4/2001	4.6%	4.4%
5/2001	4.6%	4.3%
6/2001	5.5%	4.5%
7/2001	5.3%	4.6%
8/2001	4.7%	4.9%
9/2001	4.7%	5.0%
10/2001	4.7%	5.3%
11/2001	4.8%	5.5%
12/2001	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/2000	5.4%	4.0%
2/2000	5.2%	4.1%
3/2000	5.1%	4.0%
4/2000	4.7%	3.8%
5/2000	4.8%	4.0%
6/2000	5.6%	4.0%
7/2000	5.2%	4.0%
8/2000	4.9%	4.1%
9/2000	4.6%	3.9%
10/2000	4.6%	3.9%
11/2000	4.6%	3.9%
12/2000	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1999	6.3%	4.3%
2/1999	6.1%	4.4%
3/1999	6.0%	4.2%
4/1999	5.5%	4.3%
5/1999	5.5%	4.2%
6/1999	6.5%	4.3%
7/1999	5.9%	4.3%
8/1999	5.4%	4.2%
9/1999	5.1%	4.2%
10/1999	4.9%	4.1%
11/1999	4.9%	4.1%
12/1999	4.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1998	6.6%	4.6%
2/1998	6.3%	4.6%
3/1998	6.4%	4.7%
4/1998	5.8%	4.3%
5/1998	6.0%	4.4%
6/1998	6.9%	4.5%
7/1998	6.5%	4.5%
8/1998	6.0%	4.5%
9/1998	5.7%	4.6%
10/1998	5.6%	4.5%
11/1998	5.6%	4.4%
12/1998	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1997	7.3%	5.3%
2/1997	7.0%	5.2%
3/1997	6.9%	5.2%
4/1997	6.3%	5.1%
5/1997	6.2%	4.9%
6/1997	7.0%	5.0%
7/1997	6.7%	4.9%
8/1997	6.0%	4.8%
9/1997	5.7%	4.9%
10/1997	5.5%	4.7%
11/1997	5.6%	4.6%
12/1997	5.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1996	7.7%	5.6%
2/1996	7.5%	5.5%
3/1996	7.4%	5.5%
4/1996	7.1%	5.6%
5/1996	7.1%	5.6%
6/1996	7.9%	5.3%
7/1996	7.8%	5.5%
8/1996	7.2%	5.1%
9/1996	6.8%	5.2%
10/1996	6.7%	5.2%
11/1996	6.7%	5.4%
12/1996	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1995	6.8%	5.6%
2/1995	6.5%	5.4%
3/1995	6.5%	5.4%
4/1995	6.3%	5.8%
5/1995	6.2%	5.6%
6/1995	7.1%	5.6%
7/1995	6.9%	5.7%
8/1995	6.5%	5.7%
9/1995	6.4%	5.6%
10/1995	6.4%	5.5%
11/1995	6.6%	5.6%
12/1995	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1994	7.2%	6.6%
2/1994	6.8%	6.6%
3/1994	6.8%	6.5%
4/1994	6.3%	6.4%
5/1994	6.3%	6.1%
6/1994	7.1%	6.1%
7/1994	6.8%	6.1%
8/1994	6.4%	6.0%
9/1994	6.2%	5.9%
10/1994	6.0%	5.8%
11/1994	6.0%	5.6%
12/1994	5.9%	5.5%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1993	7.4%	7.3%
2/1993	7.2%	7.1%
3/1993	7.3%	7.0%
4/1993	6.8%	7.1%
5/1993	7.0%	7.1%
6/1993	7.9%	7.0%
7/1993	7.4%	6.9%
8/1993	6.9%	6.8%
9/1993	6.7%	6.7%
10/1993	6.4%	6.8%
11/1993	6.4%	6.6%
12/1993	6.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1992	7.9%	7.3%
2/1992	7.8%	7.4%
3/1992	7.4%	7.4%
4/1992	7.1%	7.4%
5/1992	7.0%	7.6%
6/1992	8.2%	7.8%
7/1992	7.5%	7.7%
8/1992	6.9%	7.6%
9/1992	6.7%	7.6%
10/1992	6.5%	7.3%
11/1992	6.6%	7.4%
12/1992	6.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1991	7.3%	6.4%
2/1991	7.2%	6.6%
3/1991	7.3%	6.8%
4/1991	6.9%	6.7%
5/1991	7.0%	6.9%
6/1991	8.0%	6.9%
7/1991	7.7%	6.8%
8/1991	7.1%	6.9%
9/1991	6.8%	6.9%
10/1991	6.7%	7.0%
11/1991	6.8%	7.0%
12/1991	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	NM %	National %
1/1990	6.9%	5.4%
2/1990	6.7%	5.3%
3/1990	6.6%	5.2%
4/1990	6.2%	5.4%
5/1990	6.2%	5.4%
6/1990	7.3%	5.2%
7/1990	7.0%	5.5%
8/1990	6.5%	5.7%
9/1990	6.4%	5.9%
10/1990	6.3%	5.9%
11/1990	6.4%	6.2%
12/1990	6.3%	6.3%