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Unemployment rate in Chandler

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 7 of 10 · Towns of Mesa Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Chandler · Arizona · United States · World
−1.0 pp since 2015
Chandler 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
Chandler
3.5%
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 Chandler · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 3.2% · 1990
Highest 7.5% · 2010
Lowest 2.1% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChandlerChange ArizonaUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% +0.5 pp 4.3% — 4.8%
2024 3.0% +0.1 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.9% ±0.0 pp 3.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.9% −1.0 pp 3.8% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.9% −2.5 pp 5.0% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.4% +2.7 pp 7.8% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.7% ±0.0 pp 4.8% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.7% −0.1 pp 4.8% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.8% −0.3 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.1% −0.4 pp 5.5% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.5% −0.6 pp 6.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.1% −0.5 pp 6.8% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.6% −0.5 pp 7.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.1% −1.0 pp 8.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.1% −0.4 pp 9.5% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 7.5% +0.6 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.9% +3.0 pp 9.7% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.9% +1.5 pp 5.8% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 2.4% −0.4 pp 3.7% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 2.8% −0.3 pp 4.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.1% −0.3 pp 4.6% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.4% −0.6 pp 5.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 4.0% −0.4 pp 5.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.4% +1.2 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.2% +0.7 pp 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.5% +0.2 pp 4.0% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.3% +0.2 pp 4.5% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.1% −0.1 pp 4.3% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.2% −0.5 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.7% ±0.0 pp 5.5% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 2.7% −0.8 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.5% −0.3 pp 6.2% — 5.8%
1993 3.8% −1.1 pp 6.3% — 5.5%
1992 4.9% +1.1 pp 7.6% — 5.3%
1991 3.8% +0.6 pp 5.8% — 5.1%
1990 3.2% 5.3% — —

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

Ranking · Towns of Mesa

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Apache Junction 8.5%
7 Chandler 4.5%
2 Florence 6.7%
5 Fountain Hills 4.8%
9 Gilbert 4.1%
4 Mesa 5.2%
3 Phoenix 5.4%
10 Queen Creek 4.0%
8 Scottsdale 4.3%
6 Tempe 4.8%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

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.