The local economy of Arizona and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data.
Unemployment rate
4.9%
August 2026, 4.4% a year ago
Average weekly pay
$1,495
Q1 2026, 3,249,138 jobs
New homes permitted
47,257
Last 12 months to August 2026
Net people moving in
+26,663
2022 to 2023
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for its history.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Arizona, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Arizona is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row.
The unemployment rate in Arizona was 4.9% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 4.4% a year earlier. 3,519,568 people were employed out of a labor force of 3,701,822. Among its counties, Greenlee County had the lowest rate (3.6%) and Yuma County the highest (19.0%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Arizona was $1,495 in Q1 2026, up 4.5% from a year earlier, across 3,249,138 jobs at 227,835 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 4,266 new homes in Arizona in August 2026 (2,097 single-family and 2,116 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 29,734, down 12.0% from the same months last year, and 47,257 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Maricopa County (29,326), Pinal County (7,578), Pima County (4,828) over the last 12 months.
Yes. From 2022 to 2023, 205,637 people moved to Arizona and 178,974 moved away, a net gain of 26,663 (+4.7 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from California, Texas, Washington, and most people who left went to California, Texas, Washington.
The weekly survey does not publish a separate price for Arizona. In its region, West Coast except California, regular gasoline averaged $5.15 per gallon in the week of September 28, 2026.