Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2023 M02 Results — 2023-04-05

(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 February than a year earlier in 228 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 131 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 95 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 12 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent.