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Unemployment Level (UNEMPLOY)

Employment

Historical observations, changes, statistics, and downloadable data.

Units
Thousands of Persons
Frequency
Monthly
Seasonal Adj.
SA
Source
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Statistics

81 observations · Jan 1, 2020–Oct 1, 2026
Latest
7,068.00
Thousands of Persons ·
-0.58%
Mean
7,865.56
Median
7,054.00
Std Dev
3,146.74
Min
5,747.00
Max
23,084.00

Unemployment Level (Thousands of Persons)

Observations (81 total)

Showing 1–81 of 81 observations, newest first.

Date Value
2026-10-01 7,068.00
2026-09-01 7,109.00
2026-08-01 7,031.00
2026-07-01 6,916.00
2026-06-01 7,094.00
2026-05-01 7,307.00
2026-04-01 7,373.00
2026-03-01 7,239.00
2026-02-01 7,571.00
2026-01-01 7,368.00
2025-12-01 7,503.00
2025-11-01 7,781.00
2025-09-01 7,605.00
2025-08-01 7,380.00
2025-07-01 7,272.00
2025-06-01 7,054.00
2025-05-01 7,248.00
2025-04-01 7,155.00
2025-03-01 7,132.00
2025-02-01 7,104.00
2025-01-01 6,865.00
2024-12-01 6,920.00
2024-11-01 7,089.00
2024-10-01 6,951.00
2024-09-01 6,849.00
2024-08-01 7,063.00
2024-07-01 7,098.00
2024-06-01 6,881.00
2024-05-01 6,627.00
2024-04-01 6,486.00
2024-03-01 6,521.00
2024-02-01 6,486.00
2024-01-01 6,175.00
2023-12-01 6,329.00
2023-11-01 6,226.00
2023-10-01 6,463.00
2023-09-01 6,274.00
2023-08-01 6,275.00
2023-07-01 5,923.00
2023-06-01 5,985.00
2023-05-01 6,084.00
2023-04-01 5,747.00
2023-03-01 5,859.00
2023-02-01 5,987.00
2023-01-01 5,770.00
2022-12-01 5,781.00
2022-11-01 5,918.00
2022-10-01 5,949.00
2022-09-01 5,747.00
2022-08-01 5,909.00
2022-07-01 5,770.00
2022-06-01 5,975.00
2022-05-01 5,979.00
2022-04-01 5,995.00
2022-03-01 6,033.00
2022-02-01 6,323.00
2022-01-01 6,533.00
2021-12-01 6,413.00
2021-11-01 6,729.00
2021-10-01 7,267.00
2021-09-01 7,610.00
2021-08-01 8,269.00
2021-07-01 8,731.00
2021-06-01 9,481.00
2021-05-01 9,260.00
2021-04-01 9,754.00
2021-03-01 9,772.00
2021-02-01 10,013.00
2021-01-01 10,260.00
2020-12-01 10,770.00
2020-11-01 10,694.00
2020-10-01 11,072.00
2020-09-01 12,554.00
2020-08-01 13,461.00
2020-07-01 16,352.00
2020-06-01 17,652.00
2020-05-01 20,929.00
2020-04-01 23,084.00
2020-03-01 7,206.00
2020-02-01 5,753.00
2020-01-01 5,869.00

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