United States Unemployment Rate
1890–2025
- United States Unemployment Rate is 4.0% in January 2025, after reporting a value of 4.1% in the previous month.
- United States Unemployment Rate averaged 6.7% from December 1890 to January 2025, reaching an all time high of 25.6% in May 1933 and a record low of 0.4% in August 1929.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Augur Labs LLC
Related Indicators
Name | Reference | Last | Previous | Unit |
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Unemployment Rate | January 2025 | 4.0 | 4.1 | percent |
Nonfarm Payroll | January 2025 | 159,069 | 158,926 | persons |
Employed Persons | January 2025 | 163,895 | 161,661 | persons |
Unemployed Persons | January 2025 | 6,849 | 6,886 | persons |
Initial Claims | the week of February 1, 2025 | 216,750 | 212,750 | persons |
Job Openings | December 2024 | 7,600 | 8,156 | thousand |
Labor Force | January 2025 | 170,744 | 168,547 | persons |
Atlanta Fed Wage Growth Tracker | December 2024 | 4.2 | 4.3 | percent |
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