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Idaho: jobs and unemployment

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

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20263.6%#20 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20253.7%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 20251.01M+1.1% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025970.7K36,967 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	3.7%	1,007,694	970,727	36,967
2024	3.6%	996,542	960,892	35,650
2023	3.2%	972,816	941,813	31,003
2022	2.9%	950,764	923,419	27,345
2021	3.6%	923,953	891,086	32,867
2020	5.5%	902,300	852,450	49,850
2019	2.9%	889,241	863,551	25,690
2018	2.9%	862,716	838,047	24,669
2017	3.2%	840,303	813,579	26,724
2016	3.7%	818,803	788,521	30,282
2015	3.9%	799,353	768,026	31,327
2014	4.4%	781,191	746,660	34,531
2013	6.9%	781,888	727,754	54,134
2012	7.5%	775,321	716,985	58,336
2011	8.4%	767,689	702,881	64,808
2010	9.1%	765,440	695,535	69,905
2009	9.1%	768,290	698,658	69,632
2008	5.0%	761,344	723,530	37,814
2007	3.0%	755,075	732,588	22,487
2006	3.4%	744,286	718,996	25,290
2005	4.0%	728,606	699,603	29,003
2004	4.9%	703,522	669,000	34,522
2003	5.6%	692,055	653,478	38,577
2002	5.7%	686,073	647,201	38,872
2001	5.1%	678,395	644,046	34,349
2000	4.6%	661,901	631,168	30,733
1999	5.0%	654,070	621,343	32,727
1998	5.3%	649,022	614,945	34,077
1997	5.2%	631,142	598,183	32,959
1996	5.4%	616,168	582,796	33,372
1995	5.5%	602,117	569,129	32,988
1994	5.5%	586,429	554,104	32,325
1993	6.1%	551,390	517,792	33,598
1992	6.5%	529,564	494,892	34,672
1991	6.3%	509,579	477,317	32,262
1990	5.6%	493,677	466,253	27,424
1989	5.4%	486,853	460,388	26,465
1988	6.1%	475,290	446,094	29,196
1987	7.7%	468,912	432,790	36,122
1986	8.4%	469,225	429,582	39,643
1985	7.8%	463,940	427,621	36,319
1984	7.2%	460,075	426,931	33,144
1983	9.2%	452,143	410,572	41,571
1982	10.0%	443,477	399,341	44,136
1981	7.6%	430,246	397,582	32,664
1980	7.6%	429,834	397,324	32,510
1979	5.8%	428,395	403,515	24,880
1978	5.5%	414,751	391,937	22,814
1977	5.9%	397,049	373,740	23,309
1976	5.6%	372,484	351,593	20,891

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