Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2023 M01 Results — 2023-03-17

(NOTE: On April 21, 2023, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees in other services and its aggregates for Arkansas and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be reissued. Corrected data are available in the LABSTAT database, at www.bls.gov/sae/data/. For a complete list of series and products impacted by the correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 297 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 73 areas, and unchanged in 19 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 87 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 10 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent.