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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
May 2025
Next release
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Forecast
4.30 %
Highest
14.90 % on Apr 30, 2020
Lowest
2.50 % on Jun 30, 1953

About US unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Bureau of Labour Statistics
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In the United States, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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USAHEYY
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Continuing Jobless Claims
USCJC
Debt Balance Auto Loans
USDBALAL
Debt Balance Credit Cards
USDBALCC
Debt Balance Mortgages
USDBALM
Debt Balance Student Loans
USDBALSL
Debt Balance Total
USDBALT
ADP Employment Change
USEC
Employment Cost Index
USEMCI
Employment Cost Index Benefits
USEMCIB
Employment Cost Index Wages
USEMCIW
Employed Persons
USEMP
Employment Rate
USEMR
Full Time Employment
USFTE
Government Payrolls (Jobs Created)
USGPA
Hiring Plans Announcements
USHPA
Initial Jobless Claims
USIJC
Challenger Job Cuts
USJC

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Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate US unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever US unemployment rate is 2.50%.
The highest figure US unemployment rate has ever reached is 14.90%.
Last month US unemployment rate was 4.20%, and the month before it reached 4.20%.