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Salem city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Salem city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.

2017
10.1%
2023
2.6%
Total change
-7.5 pp
% change
-74.3%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 10.1%
2019 11.5% +1.4 pp (13.9%)
2020 7.4% -4.1 pp (-35.7%)
2021 6.3% -1.1 pp (-14.9%)
2022 4.5% -1.8 pp (-28.6%)
2023 2.6% -1.9 pp (-42.2%)

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