The US unemployment rate increased to 4.4% in September 2025 from 4.3% in August, exceeding market expectations of 4.3% and marking the highest level since October 2021. The number of unemployed rose by 219,000 to 7.603 million, while the number of employed increased by 251,000 to 163.645 million.

At the end of each calendar year, BLS updates the seasonal adjustment factors for the national labor · force series derived from the household survey. As a result of this process, seasonally adjusted data for · January 2021 through November 2025 were subject to revision. (Not seasonally adjusted data were not ... 2025, as first published and as revised. (Household survey data were not collected for October 2025 due · to the federal government shutdown.) The unemployment rate changed by one-tenth of a percentage

12 hours ago - Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ... The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force.

7 hours ago - U.S. employers added just 50,000 jobs last month, nearly unchanged from a downwardly revised figure of 56,000 in November, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate slipped to 4.4 per cent, its first decline since June, from 4.5 ...

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

12 hours 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 ...

7 hours ago - The unemployment rate rose slightly more in the first half of 2025 than initially estimated. Some economists say low supply has prevented a sharp rise in the unemployment rate. They estimated that between 50,000 and 120,000 jobs need to be created ...

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

3 weeks ago - (Only 2.7 million people currently ... all the 271,000 lost federal worker positions would take the unemployment rate down to just 4.4%. Federal payrolls fell by 271,000 in 2025....

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.

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 hours ago - The unemployment rate rose slightly more in the first half of 2025 than initially estimated. Some economists say low supply has prevented a sharp rise in the unemployment rate. They estimated that between 50,000 and 120,000 jobs need to be created ...

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.

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.

13 hours ago - Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%, from 4.5% in November, while job gains for October and November were also revised down by a total of 76,000 jobs. For all of 2025, employers added 584,000 jobs — compared to 2 million new jobs ...

4 hours ago - Employers added 50,000 jobs in the last month of 2025 and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent, the data showed. For the full year, U.S.

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.

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 ...

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.