The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently provided benchmarking adjustments to Idaho’s 2024 monthly unemployment rates, resulting in higher rates than were initially reported for most of the year. December’s unemployment rate was the only exception, remaining at 3.8%.

The BLS conducts benchmarking for all states annually to incorporate data that was initially unavailable during regular monthly publications, such as new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and employment data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Benchmarking results in revisions to state labor force estimates, including population, total employed, unemployed, unemployment rate and total nonfarm jobs.

Benchmarked data for counties, cities and smaller statistical areas will be available April 18, 2025.

For a more detailed breakdown of monthly benchmarked unemployment rates, view the full PDF.

Other Idaho labor market information can be found at lmi.idaho.gov.

This Idaho Department of Labor project is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor for SFY25 as part of a Workforce Information grant (40%) and state/nonfederal funds (60%) totaling $885,703.

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