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Arizona: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Arizona from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.9%#46 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.3%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.80M+1.5% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.64M163,405 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2M2.5M3M3.5M4M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.3%3,799,6003,636,195163,405
20243.7%3,741,6653,602,956138,709
20233.7%3,681,8963,545,673136,223
20223.8%3,590,3533,455,237135,116
20215.0%3,514,8323,337,995176,837
20207.8%3,473,1433,202,105271,038
20194.8%3,436,0513,270,898165,153
20184.8%3,332,8453,172,940159,905
20175.0%3,243,2743,082,425160,849
20165.5%3,173,0752,999,230173,845
20156.1%3,111,2142,921,239189,975
20146.8%3,055,1902,846,407208,783
20137.8%3,014,5602,778,369236,191
20128.4%3,009,3282,756,907252,421
20119.5%3,016,5242,729,835286,689
201010.4%3,048,0432,732,149315,894
20099.7%3,056,3192,759,292297,027
20085.8%3,020,8502,846,865173,985
20073.7%2,955,5472,845,742109,805
20064.3%2,917,7302,793,420124,310
20054.6%2,825,0242,694,065130,959
20045.0%2,754,6882,617,808136,880
20035.8%2,704,2732,548,279155,994
20026.2%2,665,8052,501,267164,538
20014.7%2,584,9962,462,520122,476
20004.0%2,509,0482,409,63999,409
19994.5%2,474,8502,364,217110,633
19984.3%2,386,4332,284,902101,531
19974.6%2,307,5792,201,036106,543
19965.5%2,282,8322,157,406125,426
19955.3%2,224,9252,106,497118,428
19946.2%2,101,0831,970,796130,287
19936.3%1,942,8341,819,916122,918
19927.6%1,877,2921,735,118142,174
19915.8%1,810,0651,704,375105,690
19905.3%1,793,0631,698,91894,145
19895.2%1,766,5511,673,89192,660
19886.4%1,722,2721,611,784110,488
19876.5%1,665,2851,557,014108,271
19867.0%1,614,3291,500,863113,466
19856.4%1,530,0501,432,79697,254
19845.0%1,464,2071,391,47272,735
19839.1%1,413,6411,285,269128,372
198210.0%1,361,5201,225,888135,632
19816.2%1,279,2571,200,12079,137
19806.6%1,234,9891,153,19781,792
19795.0%1,155,7891,097,45258,337
19785.9%1,085,1101,020,57664,534
19778.4%1,042,825955,22487,601
19769.8%981,641885,16996,472

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.