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18 states had unemployment rates below national average in June 2025
July 24, 2025
South Dakota had the lowest state unemployment rate in June 2025, 1.8 percent. The District of Columbia had the highest jobless rate, 5.9 percent. The next highest rates were in California and Nevada, 5.4 percent each. In total, 18 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 4.1 percent, 6 states and the District had higher rates, and 26 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
State unemployment rates, June 2025, seasonally adjusted
National unemployment rate: 4.1%
State unemployment rates, June 2025, seasonally adjusted
State
June 2025 unemployment rate
June 2024 unemployment rate
12-month change (percentage points)
Alabama
3.2
2.9
0.3
Alaska
4.7
4.6
0.1
Arizona
4.1
3.5
0.6
Arkansas
3.7
3.4
0.3
California
5.4
5.3
0.1
Colorado
4.7
4.2
0.5
Connecticut
3.8
3.1
0.7
Delaware
4.0
3.8
0.2
District of Columbia
5.9
5.3
0.6
Florida
3.7
3.4
0.3
Georgia
3.5
3.6
-0.1
Hawaii
2.8
2.9
-0.1
Idaho
3.6
3.7
-0.1
Illinois
4.6
5.1
-0.5
Indiana
3.6
4.2
-0.6
Iowa
3.7
3.0
0.7
Kansas
3.8
3.6
0.2
Kentucky
4.9
5.0
-0.1
Louisiana
4.5
4.2
0.3
Maine
3.3
3.0
0.3
Maryland
3.3
3.1
0.2
Massachusetts
4.8
4.0
0.8
Michigan
5.3
4.7
0.6
Minnesota
3.3
3.2
0.1
Mississippi
4.0
2.9
1.1
Missouri
4.0
3.8
0.2
Montana
2.8
3.0
-0.2
Nebraska
3.0
2.8
0.2
Nevada
5.4
5.6
-0.2
New Hampshire
3.1
2.5
0.6
New Jersey
4.9
4.6
0.3
New Mexico
4.2
4.2
0.0
New York
4.0
4.3
-0.3
North Carolina
3.7
3.6
0.1
North Dakota
2.5
2.5
0.0
Ohio
4.9
4.3
0.6
Oklahoma
3.1
3.3
-0.2
Oregon
4.9
4.1
0.8
Pennsylvania
4.0
3.6
0.4
Rhode Island
4.8
4.4
0.4
South Carolina
4.1
4.4
-0.3
South Dakota
1.8
1.8
0.0
Tennessee
3.5
3.3
0.2
Texas
4.0
4.1
-0.1
Utah
3.2
3.3
-0.1
Vermont
2.6
2.3
0.3
Virginia
3.5
2.8
0.7
Washington
4.5
4.5
0.0
West Virginia
3.7
4.1
-0.4
Wisconsin
3.2
2.9
0.3
Wyoming
3.3
3.2
0.1
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rates higher than in June 2024, the largest increase was in Mississippi (+1.1 percentage points). Four states had over-the-year rate decreases, the largest of which was in Indiana (-0.6 percentage point). Twenty-seven states had jobless rates that were not notably different from those of a year earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes.
United States Department of Labor
