San Juan County, WA Unemployment Rate Report

San Juan County, WA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in San Juan County, Washington has ranged from 1.7% in July 1990 to 17.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for San Juan County is 3.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

San Juan County, WA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

San Juan County, WA Current Unemployment - 3.9%

San Juan County, WA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2022	4.9%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.6%	4.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.8%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.9%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	3.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.9%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2021	6.3%	6.8%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.2%	6.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.2%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.0%	5.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.7%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.2%	5.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.2%	5.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	4.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.6%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.1%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.3%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2020	4.6%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.3%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.3%	5.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.3%	15.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.1%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.0%	9.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.8%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.8%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.1%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.9%	5.6%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.0%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.6%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2019	5.4%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.9%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.8%	4.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.6%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.5%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.1%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	3.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.2%	3.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.9%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.6%	4.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2018	5.5%	5.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.2%	5.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	4.8%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.2%	4.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.6%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.6%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.1%	4.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.5%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2017	6.0%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	5.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.5%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.4%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.2%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.1%	4.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.5%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.5%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2016	6.7%	6.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.1%	6.1%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.6%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.0%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.5%	5.1%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.4%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.9%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.4%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.9%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.9%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2015	6.9%	6.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.4%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.8%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.6%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.4%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.8%	5.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.7%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.9%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.5%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	5.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.6%	5.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.6%	7.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.8%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.6%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.7%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.0%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.8%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.9%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.3%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.7%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.3%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	5.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2013	8.8%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.2%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.3%	7.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.2%	6.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.8%	6.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.3%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.7%	6.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.4%	6.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.8%	6.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.3%	6.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.4%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.0%	6.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2012	8.9%	9.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.3%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.5%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.5%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.2%	8.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.4%	8.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.8%	8.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.7%	7.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.0%	7.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.4%	7.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.1%	7.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.2%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2011	9.8%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.1%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.4%	9.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.5%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.4%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.6%	9.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.7%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.6%	9.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.9%	8.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.6%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.3%	8.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.8%	8.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2010	9.9%	11.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.7%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.7%	10.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.5%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.7%	9.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.1%	9.8%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.8%	9.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.8%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.1%	9.3%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.7%	9.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.5%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.1%	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2009	7.8%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.7%	8.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.3%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.5%	8.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.4%	8.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.0%	9.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.2%	9.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.2%	9.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.0%	9.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.8%	9.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.7%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.7%	10.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2008	4.7%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.6%	5.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.8%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.6%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.2%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.1%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.4%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.6%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.7%	6.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.3%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2007	5.5%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.0%	5.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.7%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.3%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.1%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.1%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.4%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.6%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.0%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2006	5.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.2%	5.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.3%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.4%	4.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.2%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.9%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.5%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.5%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.5%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.1%	5.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.2%	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2005	6.4%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.1%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.2%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.8%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.6%	5.4%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.1%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.5%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.8%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2004	7.5%	7.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.8%	7.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.0%	7.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.1%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.6%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.4%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.6%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.6%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.6%	5.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.9%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.4%	5.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2003	8.3%	8.1%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.4%	8.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.2%	8.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.2%	7.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.4%	7.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.4%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.3%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.4%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.1%	6.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.8%	7.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.1%	7.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2002	8.6%	8.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.3%	8.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.4%	8.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.4%	7.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.7%	7.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.1%	7.3%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	7.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.2%	7.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	6.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.2%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.1%	7.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.1%	7.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2001	6.9%	6.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.0%	6.6%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.1%	6.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.3%	5.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.4%	5.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	6.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.4%	5.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.7%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.8%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.0%	7.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.4%	7.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 2000	6.1%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.3%	5.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	5.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.6%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.1%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.8%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.1%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.1%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.3%	4.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.9%	4.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.8%	5.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.3%	5.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1999	7.2%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.2%	5.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.6%	5.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.3%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.3%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.2%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.1%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.1%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.5%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.3%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.7%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1998	7.9%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.4%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.3%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.1%	4.3%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.9%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.5%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.4%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.5%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.6%	4.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.7%	4.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.5%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1997	10.1%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.6%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.0%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.0%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.3%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.2%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.5%	4.6%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.3%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.4%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.4%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1996	11.5%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.7%	7.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.1%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.3%	6.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.4%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.5%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.1%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.9%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.4%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.3%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.2%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.2%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1995	10.7%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	10.9%	7.3%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.5%	6.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.3%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.3%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.8%	6.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.1%	6.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.9%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.5%	5.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.1%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.9%	6.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.9%	6.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1994	11.4%	8.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.7%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.4%	7.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.2%	6.8%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.7%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.3%	6.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.3%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.1%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.2%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.4%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.9%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.8%	6.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1993	13.0%	8.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.0%	8.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.9%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.2%	7.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.2%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.2%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.8%	7.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.4%	6.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.6%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.0%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.1%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.0%	6.8%	6.5%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1992	8.9%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.4%	8.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.2%	7.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.6%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.6%	7.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.1%	7.2%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.1%	6.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.1%	7.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.9%	6.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.0%	6.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.0%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.0%	7.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1991	5.0%	7.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.3%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.5%	6.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.6%	5.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	2.9%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	2.8%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.5%	5.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.4%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.7%	5.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.1%	5.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.4%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.7%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Juan County, WA%	Washington%	National %
1 / 1990	4.9%	6.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.6%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.9%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.4%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.1%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	1.7%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	1.9%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.0%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.4%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.1%	5.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.4%	5.8%	6.3%