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Unemployment rate in Glendale

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Glendale · Arizona · United States · World
−1.4 pp since 2015
Glendale Arizona United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Glendale
4.1%
Arizona
4.3%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Glendale · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.1% · 2025
First value 4.3% · 1990
Highest 12.2% · 2010
Lowest 2.8% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGlendaleChange ArizonaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.1% +0.6 pp 4.3% — 4.8%
2024 3.5% ±0.0 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 3.5% −0.1 pp 3.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.6% −1.6 pp 3.8% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.2% −2.7 pp 5.0% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.9% +3.5 pp 7.8% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.4% ±0.0 pp 4.8% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.4% −0.3 pp 4.8% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.7% −0.4 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% −0.4 pp 5.5% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.5% −0.8 pp 6.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.3% −0.9 pp 6.8% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.2% −1.0 pp 7.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.2% −1.3 pp 8.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.5% −2.7 pp 9.5% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 12.2% +2.9 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.3% +4.1 pp 9.7% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.2% +1.9 pp 5.8% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.3% −0.5 pp 3.7% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.8% −0.4 pp 4.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.2% −0.4 pp 4.6% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.6% −0.8 pp 5.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.4% −0.5 pp 5.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.9% +1.6 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.3% +0.9 pp 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.4% +0.4 pp 4.0% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.0% +0.2 pp 4.5% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.8% −0.2 pp 4.3% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.0% −0.6 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.6% ±0.0 pp 5.5% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.6% −1.0 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.6% −0.4 pp 6.2% — 5.8%
1993 5.0% −1.5 pp 6.3% — 5.5%
1992 6.5% +1.4 pp 7.6% — 5.3%
1991 5.1% +0.8 pp 5.8% — 5.1%
1990 4.3% 5.3% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.