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Unemployment rate

Down 0.2 points in a year

4.2%

Time frame
Line chart of unemployment rate, Sept 2025 to Sept 2026: from 4.4% to 4.2%.Line chart of unemployment rate, 2021 to 2026: from 4.7% to 4.2%.Line chart of unemployment rate, 2016 to 2026: from 5.0% to 4.2%.Line chart of unemployment rate, 1948 to 2026: from 3.4% to 4.2%.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, via FRED; series UNRATE. Data as of Sept 2026.

Unemployment rate: every reading, newest first.
DateValue
Sept 20264.2%
Aug 20264.1%
July 20264.1%
June 20264.2%
May 20264.3%
April 20264.3%
March 20264.3%
Feb 20264.4%
Jan 20264.3%
Dec 20254.4%
Nov 20254.5%
Sept 20254.4%
Aug 20254.3%
July 20254.3%
June 20254.1%
May 20254.3%
April 20254.2%
March 20254.2%
Feb 20254.2%
Jan 20254.0%
Dec 20244.1%
Nov 20244.2%
Oct 20244.1%
Sept 20244.1%
Aug 20244.2%
July 20244.2%
June 20244.1%
May 20243.9%
April 20243.9%
March 20243.9%
Feb 20243.9%
Jan 20243.7%
Dec 20233.8%
Nov 20233.7%
Oct 20233.9%
Sept 20233.7%
Aug 20233.7%
July 20233.5%
June 20233.6%
May 20233.6%
April 20233.4%
March 20233.5%
Feb 20233.6%
Jan 20233.5%
Dec 20223.5%
Nov 20223.6%
Oct 20223.6%
Sept 20223.5%
Aug 20223.6%
July 20223.5%
June 20223.6%
May 20223.6%
April 20223.7%
March 20223.7%
Feb 20223.9%
Jan 20224.0%
Dec 20213.9%
Nov 20214.1%
Oct 20214.5%
Sept 20214.7%
Aug 20215.1%
July 20215.4%
June 20215.9%
May 20215.8%
April 20216.1%
March 20216.1%
Feb 20216.2%
Jan 20216.4%
Dec 20206.7%
Nov 20206.7%
Oct 20206.9%
Sept 20207.8%
Aug 20208.4%
July 202010.2%
June 202011.0%
May 202013.2%
April 202014.8%
March 20204.4%
Feb 20203.5%
Jan 20203.6%
Dec 20193.6%
Nov 20193.6%
Oct 20193.6%
Sept 20193.5%
Aug 20193.6%
July 20193.7%
June 20193.6%
May 20193.6%
April 20193.7%
March 20193.8%
Feb 20193.8%
Jan 20194.0%
Dec 20183.9%
Nov 20183.8%
Oct 20183.8%
Sept 20183.7%
Aug 20183.8%
July 20183.8%
June 20184.0%
May 20183.8%
April 20184.0%
March 20184.0%
Feb 20184.1%
Jan 20184.0%
Dec 20174.1%
Nov 20174.2%
Oct 20174.2%
Sept 20174.3%
Aug 20174.4%
July 20174.3%
June 20174.3%
May 20174.4%
April 20174.4%
March 20174.4%
Feb 20174.6%
Jan 20174.7%
Dec 20164.7%
Nov 20164.7%
Oct 20164.9%
Sept 20165.0%
Aug 20164.9%
July 20164.8%
June 20164.9%
May 20164.8%
April 20165.1%
March 20165.0%
Feb 20164.9%
Jan 20164.8%
Dec 20155.0%
Nov 20155.1%
Oct 20155.0%
Sept 20155.0%
Aug 20155.1%
July 20155.2%
June 20155.3%
May 20155.6%
April 20155.4%
March 20155.4%
Feb 20155.5%
Jan 20155.7%
Dec 20145.6%
Nov 20145.8%
Oct 20145.7%
Sept 20145.9%
Aug 20146.1%
July 20146.2%
June 20146.1%
May 20146.3%
April 20146.2%
March 20146.7%
Feb 20146.7%
Jan 20146.6%
Dec 20136.7%
Nov 20136.9%
Oct 20137.2%
Sept 20137.2%
Aug 20137.2%
July 20137.3%
June 20137.5%
May 20137.5%
April 20137.6%
March 20137.5%
Feb 20137.7%
Jan 20138.0%
Dec 20127.9%
Nov 20127.7%
Oct 20127.8%
Sept 20127.8%
Aug 20128.1%
July 20128.2%
June 20128.2%
May 20128.2%
April 20128.2%
March 20128.2%
Feb 20128.3%
Jan 20128.3%
Dec 20118.5%
Nov 20118.6%
Oct 20118.8%
Sept 20119.0%
Aug 20119.0%
July 20119.0%
June 20119.1%
May 20119.0%
April 20119.1%
March 20119.0%
Feb 20119.0%
Jan 20119.1%
Dec 20109.3%
Nov 20109.8%
Oct 20109.4%
Sept 20109.5%
Aug 20109.5%
July 20109.4%
June 20109.4%
May 20109.6%
April 20109.9%
March 20109.9%
Feb 20109.8%
Jan 20109.8%
Dec 20099.9%
Nov 20099.9%
Oct 200910.0%
Sept 20099.8%
Aug 20099.6%
July 20099.5%
June 20099.5%
May 20099.4%
April 20099.0%
March 20098.7%
Feb 20098.3%
Jan 20097.8%
Dec 20087.3%
Nov 20086.8%
Oct 20086.5%
Sept 20086.1%
Aug 20086.1%
July 20085.8%
June 20085.6%
May 20085.4%
April 20085.0%
March 20085.1%
Feb 20084.9%
Jan 20085.0%
Dec 20075.0%
Nov 20074.7%
Oct 20074.7%
Sept 20074.7%
Aug 20074.6%
July 20074.7%
June 20074.6%
May 20074.4%
April 20074.5%
March 20074.4%
Feb 20074.5%
Jan 20074.6%
Dec 20064.4%
Nov 20064.5%
Oct 20064.4%
Sept 20064.5%
Aug 20064.7%
July 20064.7%
June 20064.6%
May 20064.6%
April 20064.7%
March 20064.7%
Feb 20064.8%
Jan 20064.7%
Dec 20054.9%
Nov 20055.0%
Oct 20055.0%
Sept 20055.0%
Aug 20054.9%
July 20055.0%
June 20055.0%
May 20055.1%
April 20055.2%
March 20055.2%
Feb 20055.4%
Jan 20055.3%
Dec 20045.4%
Nov 20045.4%
Oct 20045.5%
Sept 20045.4%
Aug 20045.4%
July 20045.5%
June 20045.6%
May 20045.6%
April 20045.6%
March 20045.8%
Feb 20045.6%
Jan 20045.7%
Dec 20035.7%
Nov 20035.8%
Oct 20036.0%
Sept 20036.1%
Aug 20036.1%
July 20036.2%
June 20036.3%
May 20036.1%
April 20036.0%
March 20035.9%
Feb 20035.9%
Jan 20035.8%
Dec 20026.0%
Nov 20025.9%
Oct 20025.7%
Sept 20025.7%
Aug 20025.7%
July 20025.8%
June 20025.8%
May 20025.8%
April 20025.9%
March 20025.7%
Feb 20025.7%
Jan 20025.7%
Dec 20015.7%
Nov 20015.5%
Oct 20015.3%
Sept 20015.0%
Aug 20014.9%
July 20014.6%
June 20014.5%
May 20014.3%
April 20014.4%
March 20014.3%
Feb 20014.2%
Jan 20014.2%
Dec 20003.9%
Nov 20003.9%
Oct 20003.9%
Sept 20003.9%
Aug 20004.1%
July 20004.0%
June 20004.0%
May 20004.0%
April 20003.8%
March 20004.0%
Feb 20004.1%
Jan 20004.0%
Dec 19994.0%
Nov 19994.1%
Oct 19994.1%
Sept 19994.2%
Aug 19994.2%
July 19994.3%
June 19994.3%
May 19994.2%
April 19994.3%
March 19994.2%
Feb 19994.4%
Jan 19994.3%
Dec 19984.4%
Nov 19984.4%
Oct 19984.5%
Sept 19984.6%
Aug 19984.5%
July 19984.5%
June 19984.5%
May 19984.4%
April 19984.3%
March 19984.7%
Feb 19984.6%
Jan 19984.6%
Dec 19974.7%
Nov 19974.6%
Oct 19974.7%
Sept 19974.9%
Aug 19974.8%
July 19974.9%
June 19975.0%
May 19974.9%
April 19975.1%
March 19975.2%
Feb 19975.2%
Jan 19975.3%
Dec 19965.4%
Nov 19965.4%
Oct 19965.2%
Sept 19965.2%
Aug 19965.1%
July 19965.5%
June 19965.3%
May 19965.6%
April 19965.6%
March 19965.5%
Feb 19965.5%
Jan 19965.6%
Dec 19955.6%
Nov 19955.6%
Oct 19955.5%
Sept 19955.6%
Aug 19955.7%
July 19955.7%
June 19955.6%
May 19955.6%
April 19955.8%
March 19955.4%
Feb 19955.4%
Jan 19955.6%
Dec 19945.5%
Nov 19945.6%
Oct 19945.8%
Sept 19945.9%
Aug 19946.0%
July 19946.1%
June 19946.1%
May 19946.1%
April 19946.4%
March 19946.5%
Feb 19946.6%
Jan 19946.6%
Dec 19936.5%
Nov 19936.6%
Oct 19936.8%
Sept 19936.7%
Aug 19936.8%
July 19936.9%
June 19937.0%
May 19937.1%
April 19937.1%
March 19937.0%
Feb 19937.1%
Jan 19937.3%
Dec 19927.4%
Nov 19927.4%
Oct 19927.3%
Sept 19927.6%
Aug 19927.6%
July 19927.7%
June 19927.8%
May 19927.6%
April 19927.4%
March 19927.4%
Feb 19927.4%
Jan 19927.3%
Dec 19917.3%
Nov 19917.0%
Oct 19917.0%
Sept 19916.9%
Aug 19916.9%
July 19916.8%
June 19916.9%
May 19916.9%
April 19916.7%
March 19916.8%
Feb 19916.6%
Jan 19916.4%
Dec 19906.3%
Nov 19906.2%
Oct 19905.9%
Sept 19905.9%
Aug 19905.7%
July 19905.5%
June 19905.2%
May 19905.4%
April 19905.4%
March 19905.2%
Feb 19905.3%
Jan 19905.4%
Dec 19895.4%
Nov 19895.4%
Oct 19895.3%
Sept 19895.3%
Aug 19895.2%
July 19895.2%
June 19895.3%
May 19895.2%
April 19895.2%
March 19895.0%
Feb 19895.2%
Jan 19895.4%
Dec 19885.3%
Nov 19885.3%
Oct 19885.4%
Sept 19885.4%
Aug 19885.6%
July 19885.4%
June 19885.4%
May 19885.6%
April 19885.4%
March 19885.7%
Feb 19885.7%
Jan 19885.7%
Dec 19875.7%
Nov 19875.8%
Oct 19876.0%
Sept 19875.9%
Aug 19876.0%
July 19876.1%
June 19876.2%
May 19876.3%
April 19876.3%
March 19876.6%
Feb 19876.6%
Jan 19876.6%
Dec 19866.6%
Nov 19866.9%
Oct 19867.0%
Sept 19867.0%
Aug 19866.9%
July 19867.0%
June 19867.2%
May 19867.2%
April 19867.1%
March 19867.2%
Feb 19867.2%
Jan 19866.7%
Dec 19857.0%
Nov 19857.0%
Oct 19857.1%
Sept 19857.1%
Aug 19857.1%
July 19857.4%
June 19857.4%
May 19857.2%
April 19857.3%
March 19857.2%
Feb 19857.2%
Jan 19857.3%
Dec 19847.3%
Nov 19847.2%
Oct 19847.4%
Sept 19847.3%
Aug 19847.5%
July 19847.5%
June 19847.2%
May 19847.4%
April 19847.7%
March 19847.8%
Feb 19847.8%
Jan 19848.0%
Dec 19838.3%
Nov 19838.5%
Oct 19838.8%
Sept 19839.2%
Aug 19839.5%
July 19839.4%
June 198310.1%
May 198310.1%
April 198310.2%
March 198310.3%
Feb 198310.4%
Jan 198310.4%
Dec 198210.8%
Nov 198210.8%
Oct 198210.4%
Sept 198210.1%
Aug 19829.8%
July 19829.8%
June 19829.6%
May 19829.4%
April 19829.3%
March 19829.0%
Feb 19828.9%
Jan 19828.6%
Dec 19818.5%
Nov 19818.3%
Oct 19817.9%
Sept 19817.6%
Aug 19817.4%
July 19817.2%
June 19817.5%
May 19817.5%
April 19817.2%
March 19817.4%
Feb 19817.4%
Jan 19817.5%
Dec 19807.2%
Nov 19807.5%
Oct 19807.5%
Sept 19807.5%
Aug 19807.7%
July 19807.8%
June 19807.6%
May 19807.5%
April 19806.9%
March 19806.3%
Feb 19806.3%
Jan 19806.3%
Dec 19796.0%
Nov 19795.9%
Oct 19796.0%
Sept 19795.9%
Aug 19796.0%
July 19795.7%
June 19795.7%
May 19795.6%
April 19795.8%
March 19795.8%
Feb 19795.9%
Jan 19795.9%
Dec 19786.0%
Nov 19785.9%
Oct 19785.8%
Sept 19786.0%
Aug 19785.9%
July 19786.2%
June 19785.9%
May 19786.0%
April 19786.1%
March 19786.3%
Feb 19786.3%
Jan 19786.4%
Dec 19776.4%
Nov 19776.8%
Oct 19776.8%
Sept 19776.8%
Aug 19777.0%
July 19776.9%
June 19777.2%
May 19777.0%
April 19777.2%
March 19777.4%
Feb 19777.6%
Jan 19777.5%
Dec 19767.8%
Nov 19767.8%
Oct 19767.7%
Sept 19767.6%
Aug 19767.8%
July 19767.8%
June 19767.6%
May 19767.4%
April 19767.7%
March 19767.6%
Feb 19767.7%
Jan 19767.9%
Dec 19758.2%
Nov 19758.3%
Oct 19758.4%
Sept 19758.4%
Aug 19758.4%
July 19758.6%
June 19758.8%
May 19759.0%
April 19758.8%
March 19758.6%
Feb 19758.1%
Jan 19758.1%
Dec 19747.2%
Nov 19746.6%
Oct 19746.0%
Sept 19745.9%
Aug 19745.5%
July 19745.5%
June 19745.4%
May 19745.1%
April 19745.1%
March 19745.1%
Feb 19745.2%
Jan 19745.1%
Dec 19734.9%
Nov 19734.8%
Oct 19734.6%
Sept 19734.8%
Aug 19734.8%
July 19734.8%
June 19734.9%
May 19734.9%
April 19735.0%
March 19734.9%
Feb 19735.0%
Jan 19734.9%
Dec 19725.2%
Nov 19725.3%
Oct 19725.6%
Sept 19725.5%
Aug 19725.6%
July 19725.6%
June 19725.7%
May 19725.7%
April 19725.7%
March 19725.8%
Feb 19725.7%
Jan 19725.8%
Dec 19716.0%
Nov 19716.0%
Oct 19715.8%
Sept 19716.0%
Aug 19716.1%
July 19716.0%
June 19715.9%
May 19715.9%
April 19715.9%
March 19716.0%
Feb 19715.9%
Jan 19715.9%
Dec 19706.1%
Nov 19705.9%
Oct 19705.5%
Sept 19705.4%
Aug 19705.1%
July 19705.0%
June 19704.9%
May 19704.8%
April 19704.6%
March 19704.4%
Feb 19704.2%
Jan 19703.9%
Dec 19693.5%
Nov 19693.5%
Oct 19693.7%
Sept 19693.7%
Aug 19693.5%
July 19693.5%
June 19693.5%
May 19693.4%
April 19693.4%
March 19693.4%
Feb 19693.4%
Jan 19693.4%
Dec 19683.4%
Nov 19683.4%
Oct 19683.4%
Sept 19683.4%
Aug 19683.5%
July 19683.7%
June 19683.7%
May 19683.5%
April 19683.5%
March 19683.7%
Feb 19683.8%
Jan 19683.7%
Dec 19673.8%
Nov 19673.9%
Oct 19674.0%
Sept 19673.8%
Aug 19673.8%
July 19673.8%
June 19673.9%
May 19673.8%
April 19673.8%
March 19673.8%
Feb 19673.8%
Jan 19673.9%
Dec 19663.8%
Nov 19663.6%
Oct 19663.7%
Sept 19663.7%
Aug 19663.8%
July 19663.8%
June 19663.8%
May 19663.9%
April 19663.8%
March 19663.8%
Feb 19663.8%
Jan 19664.0%
Dec 19654.0%
Nov 19654.1%
Oct 19654.2%
Sept 19654.3%
Aug 19654.4%
July 19654.4%
June 19654.6%
May 19654.6%
April 19654.8%
March 19654.7%
Feb 19655.1%
Jan 19654.9%
Dec 19645.0%
Nov 19644.8%
Oct 19645.1%
Sept 19645.1%
Aug 19645.0%
July 19644.9%
June 19645.2%
May 19645.1%
April 19645.3%
March 19645.4%
Feb 19645.4%
Jan 19645.6%
Dec 19635.5%
Nov 19635.7%
Oct 19635.5%
Sept 19635.5%
Aug 19635.4%
July 19635.6%
June 19635.6%
May 19635.9%
April 19635.7%
March 19635.7%
Feb 19635.9%
Jan 19635.7%
Dec 19625.5%
Nov 19625.7%
Oct 19625.4%
Sept 19625.6%
Aug 19625.7%
July 19625.4%
June 19625.5%
May 19625.5%
April 19625.6%
March 19625.6%
Feb 19625.5%
Jan 19625.8%
Dec 19616.0%
Nov 19616.1%
Oct 19616.5%
Sept 19616.7%
Aug 19616.6%
July 19617.0%
June 19616.9%
May 19617.1%
April 19617.0%
March 19616.9%
Feb 19616.9%
Jan 19616.6%
Dec 19606.6%
Nov 19606.1%
Oct 19606.1%
Sept 19605.5%
Aug 19605.6%
July 19605.5%
June 19605.4%
May 19605.1%
April 19605.2%
March 19605.4%
Feb 19604.8%
Jan 19605.2%
Dec 19595.3%
Nov 19595.8%
Oct 19595.7%
Sept 19595.5%
Aug 19595.2%
July 19595.1%
June 19595.0%
May 19595.1%
April 19595.2%
March 19595.6%
Feb 19595.9%
Jan 19596.0%
Dec 19586.2%
Nov 19586.2%
Oct 19586.7%
Sept 19587.1%
Aug 19587.4%
July 19587.5%
June 19587.3%
May 19587.4%
April 19587.4%
March 19586.7%
Feb 19586.4%
Jan 19585.8%
Dec 19575.2%
Nov 19575.1%
Oct 19574.5%
Sept 19574.4%
Aug 19574.1%
July 19574.2%
June 19574.3%
May 19574.1%
April 19573.9%
March 19573.7%
Feb 19573.9%
Jan 19574.2%
Dec 19564.2%
Nov 19564.3%
Oct 19563.9%
Sept 19563.9%
Aug 19564.1%
July 19564.4%
June 19564.3%
May 19564.3%
April 19564.0%
March 19564.2%
Feb 19563.9%
Jan 19564.0%
Dec 19554.2%
Nov 19554.2%
Oct 19554.3%
Sept 19554.1%
Aug 19554.2%
July 19554.0%
June 19554.2%
May 19554.3%
April 19554.7%
March 19554.6%
Feb 19554.7%
Jan 19554.9%
Dec 19545.0%
Nov 19545.3%
Oct 19545.7%
Sept 19546.1%
Aug 19546.0%
July 19545.8%
June 19545.6%
May 19545.9%
April 19545.9%
March 19545.7%
Feb 19545.2%
Jan 19544.9%
Dec 19534.5%
Nov 19533.5%
Oct 19533.1%
Sept 19532.9%
Aug 19532.7%
July 19532.6%
June 19532.5%
May 19532.5%
April 19532.7%
March 19532.6%
Feb 19532.6%
Jan 19532.9%
Dec 19522.7%
Nov 19522.8%
Oct 19523.0%
Sept 19523.1%
Aug 19523.4%
July 19523.2%
June 19523.0%
May 19523.0%
April 19522.9%
March 19522.9%
Feb 19523.1%
Jan 19523.2%
Dec 19513.1%
Nov 19513.5%
Oct 19513.5%
Sept 19513.3%
Aug 19513.1%
July 19513.1%
June 19513.2%
May 19513.0%
April 19513.1%
March 19513.4%
Feb 19513.4%
Jan 19513.7%
Dec 19504.3%
Nov 19504.2%
Oct 19504.2%
Sept 19504.4%
Aug 19504.5%
July 19505.0%
June 19505.4%
May 19505.5%
April 19505.8%
March 19506.3%
Feb 19506.4%
Jan 19506.5%
Dec 19496.6%
Nov 19496.4%
Oct 19497.9%
Sept 19496.6%
Aug 19496.8%
July 19496.7%
June 19496.2%
May 19496.1%
April 19495.3%
March 19495.0%
Feb 19494.7%
Jan 19494.3%
Dec 19484.0%
Nov 19483.8%
Oct 19483.7%
Sept 19483.8%
Aug 19483.9%
July 19483.6%
June 19483.6%
May 19483.5%
April 19483.9%
March 19484.0%
Feb 19483.8%
Jan 19483.4%

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