Over the course of the third quarter, the Quad Cities region added more than two thousand new jobs. The unemployment rate steadily decreased during the third quarter from 10% at the beginning to 7.6% at the end, significantly down from the high in March of 16%.
Workforce Trends Q3 2020
Job Changes and Unemployment Rates
Job Changes by Industry (in thousands) - Quad Cities MSA
Source Data: U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job Changes By Industry (In Thousands) % Change
Source Data: U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS - QUAD CITIES CSA
Source Data: The Economic Impacts of COVID-19, Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker
Over the course of the quarter, the CSA averaged 34% fewer claims than the national average.
