State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release — 2020-08-21

(NOTE: On September 11, 2020, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees in state government educational services, state government, government, service-providing, and total nonfarm for California and many of its metropolitan areas. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Tables D, E, 3, and 4 in this news release were corrected. In addition, estimates in the LABSTAT database for April, May, June, and July 2020 were corrected. BLS also corrected other supplemental materials as listed at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) Unemployment rates were lower in July in 30 states, higher in 9 states, and stable in 11 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate fell by 0.9 percentage point over the month to 10.2 percent but was 6.5 points higher than in July 2019.