| Registered Urban Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rate by Region | ||||||||||
| Region | Unemployment(10 000 persons) | Unemployment Rate(%) | ||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Total | 45.1 | 43.4 | 42.2 | 43.1 | 43.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Jinan | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Qingdao | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Zibo | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Zaozhuang | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Dongying | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Yantai | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Weifang | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Jining | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Tai'an | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Weihai | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Rizhao | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Laiwu | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Linyi | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| Dezhou | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Liaocheng | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Binzhou | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Heze | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |