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Basic Info

US U-5 Unemployment Rate is at 4.70%, compared to 4.70% last month and 4.30% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 6.66%.

Stats

Last Value 4.70%
Latest Period Mar 2024
Last Updated Apr 5 2024, 10:02 EDT
Next Release May 3 2024, 08:30 EDT
Long Term Average 6.66%
Average Growth Rate 1.96%
Value from Last Month 4.70%
Change from Last Month 0.00%
Value from 1 Year Ago 4.30%
Change from 1 Year Ago 9.30%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent of the Labor Force and Marg Attached
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
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Notes Total unemployed plus all marginally attached as a percent of the civillian labor force plus discouraged workers.

Historical Data

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Date Value
March 31, 2024 4.70%
February 29, 2024 4.70%
January 31, 2024 4.60%
December 31, 2023 4.60%
November 30, 2023 4.60%
October 31, 2023 4.60%
September 30, 2023 4.60%
August 31, 2023 4.60%
July 31, 2023 4.30%
June 30, 2023 4.40%
May 31, 2023 4.50%
April 30, 2023 4.30%
March 31, 2023 4.30%
February 28, 2023 4.40%
January 31, 2023 4.20%
December 31, 2022 4.20%
November 30, 2022 4.50%
October 31, 2022 4.50%
September 30, 2022 4.40%
August 31, 2022 4.50%
July 31, 2022 4.40%
June 30, 2022 4.50%
May 31, 2022 4.50%
April 30, 2022 4.60%
March 31, 2022 4.50%
Date Value
February 28, 2022 4.70%
January 31, 2022 4.90%
December 31, 2021 4.90%
November 30, 2021 5.10%
October 31, 2021 5.50%
September 30, 2021 5.70%
August 31, 2021 6.10%
July 31, 2021 6.50%
June 30, 2021 6.90%
May 31, 2021 6.90%
April 30, 2021 7.10%
March 31, 2021 7.20%
February 28, 2021 7.30%
January 31, 2021 7.50%
December 31, 2020 8.00%
November 30, 2020 7.90%
October 31, 2020 8.00%
September 30, 2020 9.00%
August 31, 2020 9.60%
July 31, 2020 11.30%
June 30, 2020 12.40%
May 31, 2020 14.50%
April 30, 2020 16.00%
March 31, 2020 5.20%
February 29, 2020 4.30%

Basic Info

US U-5 Unemployment Rate is at 4.70%, compared to 4.70% last month and 4.30% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 6.66%.

Stats

Last Value 4.70%
Latest Period Mar 2024
Last Updated Apr 5 2024, 10:02 EDT
Next Release May 3 2024, 08:30 EDT
Long Term Average 6.66%
Average Growth Rate 1.96%
Value from Last Month 4.70%
Change from Last Month 0.00%
Value from 1 Year Ago 4.30%
Change from 1 Year Ago 9.30%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent of the Labor Force and Marg Attached
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
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Notes Total unemployed plus all marginally attached as a percent of the civillian labor force plus discouraged workers.