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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
8.0%
2023
5.1%
Total change
-2.9 pp
% change
-36.3%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 8.0%
2019 9.1% +1.1 pp (13.7%)
2020 8.1% -1.0 pp (-11%)
2021 4.1% -4.0 pp (-49.4%)
2022 4.5% +0.4 pp (9.8%)
2023 5.1% +0.6 pp (13.3%)

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