The US unemployment rate increased to 4.6% in November 2025 from 4.3% in August, exceeding market expectations of 4.4% and marking the highest level since September 2021. The number of unemployed stood at 7.8 million, little changed from September, while employment levels were also broadly stable.

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 ...

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ... In November 2025, the unemployment rate, at 4.6 percent, was little changed from September.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly unemployment rate in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024 (seasonally-adjusted)." Chart. November 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273909/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-unemployment-rate-in-the-us/

3 hours ago - For the December jobs report, ... rate to have ticked down, by a tenth of a percentage point compared with November, to 4.5 percent....

3 weeks ago - Updated: Dec 16, 2025 8:19 AM CST · Next Release Date: Jan 9, 2026 · Units: Percent, Seasonally Adjusted · Frequency: Monthly · Fullscreen · Share Graph · Custom Graph Link · Embed in Website · Graph Image Link · Account Tools · Add to Data List · Get Email Notification · &nbsp · Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Release: Employment Situation · Units: Percent, Seasonally Adjusted · Frequency: Monthly · The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force.

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...

3 weeks ago - Job growth totaled a seasonally adjusted 64,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 45,000 and up from a sharp decline in October. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, more than expected and its highest level since September 2021.

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Both the unemployment rate, at 4.1 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.0 million, changed little in June. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range of 4.0 percent to 4.2 percent since May 2024.

The seasonal factors had expected an increase · 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

May 7, 2025 - Let’s cut straight to it: as of April 2025, the unemployment rate in the United States is holding steady at 4.2% according to the BLS. It’s been hovering in that 4.0 to 4.2% range for the past year, so not exactly a rollercoaster ride.

In August, the official, or standardly referenced, unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.3%, up from 4.2% in July. This marks the highest level in nearly four years, though it remains historically low.

2 weeks ago - Unemployment among slightly older workers between the ages of 20-24 is faring better but has still risen notably throughout 2025, hitting a max of 9.2% in September before declining back to 8.3% in November.

From February 2024 to February 2025, unemployment rates increased in 30 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate changed little over the month at 4.1 percent but ...

October 24, 2025 - The long-term unemployment rate hit 25.7% of all unemployed people in August 2025, rising 4.2 percentage points (about 385,000 people) in one year. This is the highest it’s been since February, 2025.

2 weeks ago - “I wish the Fake News would report the 4.5% correctly,” he added on social media earlier this month, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics put November’s unemployment rate at 4.6%. By the main measure of economic growth – gross domestic product, or GDP – the US economy has endured a rollercoaster year.

1 week ago - "Bigger picture, we have not seen a meaningful increase in layoffs as signaled by these data in 2025 with the average level of claims in the year at 226,100 compared to 223,000 in 2024." Shows jobless claims benefits and unemployment rate

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 ...