The US unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in August of 2025 from 4.2% in the previous month, aligning with market expectations to reflect the highest proportion of joblessness since October of 2021. The number of unemployed increased by 148 thousand to 7.384 million in the period.

1 hour ago - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE, . ... Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted (population data is not adjusted for seasonal variation; not seasonally adjusted version used)

The establishment survey · measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the · concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. ... the jobless rate was 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people was 7.1 ...

The monthly unemployment rate in the United States reached 4.1 percent in October 2024.

October 24, 2025 - This pattern underscores how scarring ... to rebound. The long-term unemployment rate’s jump from 21.5% in August 2024 to 25.7% in August 2025 is the fastest 12-month increase since the pandemic....

of 17,786 (or 6.6 percent) from the previous week. There were 306,657 initial claims in the comparable week in 2025. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.4 percent during the week ending December 27, an increase of

DECEMBER 2025 Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

3 weeks ago - ... The US labor market grew even more exclusive in November. Unemployment rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, and the economy added 64,000 jobs last month, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday.

In November 2025, the unemployment rate, at 4.6 percent, was little changed from September. The November 2025 rate was higher than the previous November, when the jobless rate was 4.2 percent.

1 hour ago - At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, compared with the forecast for 4.5%. A more encompassing measure that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons dropped to 8.4%, down 0.3 percentage ...

United States - Unemployment Rate was 4.40% in September of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Unemployment Rate reached a record high of 14.80 in April of 2020 and a record low of 2.50 in May of 1953. Trading Economics provides the current actual ...

The True Rate of Unemployment (TRU), as defined by LISEP, measures the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is functionally unemployed. ... Select any point on the chart to see the True Rate of Unemployment for that month.

2 weeks ago - So Trump’s math is seriously fuzzy – but so is his underlying message that the US job market is significantly stronger than the unemployment rate suggests. The US economy has lost jobs in three of the past six months, and 2025 is on pace to post the worst job growth since 2020.

3 weeks ago - 16 December 2025 · ShareSave · ... for debate among central bankers. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, up from 4.4% in September, according to Labor Department figures on Tuesday...

The unemployment rate inched up to 4.6%, its highest level since 2021. Additionally, the number of new non-farm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) came in at 64,000.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases unemployment data for U.S. metropolitan areas approximately one month after the national-level figures for the same reference period. For example, the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for August 2025 is scheduled for release on October 1, 2025, approximately one month after the national data was published.

May 7, 2025 - US unemployment holds at 4.2% in April 2025. Job growth steady but uneven; key sectors expand while long-term joblessness rises.

3 weeks ago - The total number of jobs increased by 64,000 in November and decreased by 105,000 in October, while the unemployment rate in November increased to 4.6 percent, from 4.4 percent in September.

3 days ago - All eyes are on unemployment this year after job losses surged in 2025, causing the unemployment rate to climb to 4.6% in November, up from 4% in January, and a low of 3.4% in 2023.