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United States Unemployment Rate

Last Release
Dec 2019
Actual
3.5 %
Forecast
3.6 %
Previous
3.5 %
Frequency
Monthly
Units In
%
Next Release
Feb 7, 2020
Time to Release
14 Days 1 Hours
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Highest
Lowest
Average
Date Range
Source
10.8 %
Dec 1982
2.5 %
Jun 1953
5.73 %1948 - 2019U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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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The US unemployment rate held steady at 3.5 percent in December 2019, remaining at the lowest level since 1969 and matching market expectations. The number of unemployed people decreased by 58 thousand to 5.75 million while employment rose by 267 thousand to 158.80 million. The labor force participation rate was unchanged at 63.2 percent.

United States Unemployment Rate History

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Jan 10, 202013:41US Jobless Rate Holds Near 50-Year Low
Dec 6, 201915:29US Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Falls to 3.5%
Nov 1, 201912:40US Jobless Rate Rises to 3.6% in October
Oct 4, 201912:39US Jobless Rate Falls to Lowest Since 1969
Sep 6, 201912:56US Jobless Rate Steady for 3rd Month at 3.7%
Aug 2, 201912:59US Jobless Rate Holds Steady at 3.7%
Jul 5, 201912:39US Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Rises to 3.7%

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Indicator
Last
Previous
Min
Max
Unit
Frequency
Range
Adp Employment Change
202
Dec 2019
124
Nov 2019
-706
Feb 2009
360
Feb 2006
ThousandMonthly2001 - 2019
Average Hourly Earnings
0.1
Dec 2019
0.3
Nov 2019
-0.2
Oct 2017
0.6
Nov 2008
%Monthly2006 - 2019
Average Weekly Hours
34.3
Dec 2019
34.3
Nov 2019
33.7
Jun 2009
34.6
Oct 2015
HoursMonthly2006 - 2019
Challenger Job Cuts
32,843
Dec 2019
44,569
Nov 2019
15,100
Jun 1997
248,475
Jan 2002
PersonsMonthly1994 - 2019
Continuing Jobless Claims
1,731
Jan 2020
1,768
Jan 2020
988
May 1969
6,635
May 2009
ThousandWeekly1967 - 2020
Employment Rate
61
Dec 2019
61
Nov 2019
54.9
Oct 1949
64.7
Apr 2000
%Monthly1948 - 2019

Unemployment Rate across North America

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Country
Last
Previous
Min
Max
Unit
Frequency
Range
Canada
5.6
Dec 2019
5.9
Nov 2019
2.9
Jun 1966
13.1
Dec 1982
%Monthly1966 - 2019
Mexico
2.9
Dec 2019
3.4
Nov 2019
2.22
Jan 2001
6.42
Sep 2009
%Monthly1994 - 2019
Puerto Rico
8.5
Nov 2019
9
Oct 2019
7
Aug 2019
25.3
Jan 1983
%Monthly1976 - 2019
United States
3.5
Dec 2019
3.5
Nov 2019
2.5
Jun 1953
10.8
Dec 1982
%Monthly1948 - 2019
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