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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in Post Falls

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 1 of 4 · Towns of Spokane Valley Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Post Falls · United States · World
+0.4 pp since 2015
Post Falls United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Post Falls
4.8%
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 Post Falls · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 4.8% · 2025
First value 6.8% · 2000
Highest 11.1% · 2009
Lowest 3.5% · 2007
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearPost FallsChange United StatesWorld
2025 4.8% +0.5 pp — 4.8%
2024 4.3% +0.4 pp — 4.8%
2023 3.9% +0.4 pp 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.5% −0.5 pp 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.0% −3.2 pp 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.2% +3.6 pp 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.6% +0.1 pp 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.5% −0.2 pp 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.7% −0.9 pp 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.6% +0.2 pp 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.4% −0.6 pp 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.0% −2.8 pp 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.8% −0.9 pp 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.7% −1.2 pp 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.9% −0.6 pp 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.5% −0.6 pp 9.6% 6.3%
2009 11.1% +5.2 pp 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.9% +2.4 pp 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.5% −0.5 pp 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.0% −0.8 pp 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.8% −1.5 pp 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.3% −1.0 pp 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.3% −0.6 pp 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.9% +0.3 pp 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.6% +0.8 pp 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.8% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Spokane Valley

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Spokane 6.9%
2 Spokane Valley 6.9%
3 Post Falls 5.0%
4 Coeur d'Alene 4.9%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

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.