NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Unemployment Level Series ID: UNEMPLOY Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-03 7:45 AM CDT Notes: The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13000000 The Unemployment Level is the aggregate measure of people currently unemployed in the US. Someone in the labor force is defined as unemployed if they were not employed during the survey reference week, were available for work, and made at least one active effort to find a job during the 4-week survey period. The Unemployment Level is collected in the CPS and published by the BLS. It is provided on a monthly basis, so this data is used in part by macroeconomists as an initial economic indicator of current trends. The Unemployment Level helps government agencies, financial markets, and researchers gauge the overall health of the economy. Note that individuals that are not employed but not actively looking for a job are not counted as unemployed. For instance, declines in the Unemployment Level may either reflect movements of unemployed individuals into the labor force because they found a job, or movements of unemployed individuals out of the labor force because they stopped looking to find a job. For more information, see: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CES Overview (https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprog.htm) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Handbook of Methods: Chapter 2. Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Establishment Survey (https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/ces-20110307.pdf) DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 2034 1948-02-01 2328 1948-03-01 2399 1948-04-01 2386 1948-05-01 2118 1948-06-01 2214 1948-07-01 2213 1948-08-01 2350 1948-09-01 2302 1948-10-01 2259 1948-11-01 2285 1948-12-01 2429 1949-01-01 2596 1949-02-01 2849 1949-03-01 3030 1949-04-01 3260 1949-05-01 3707 1949-06-01 3776 1949-07-01 4111 1949-08-01 4193 1949-09-01 4049 1949-10-01 4916 1949-11-01 3996 1949-12-01 4063 1950-01-01 4026 1950-02-01 3936 1950-03-01 3876 1950-04-01 3575 1950-05-01 3434 1950-06-01 3367 1950-07-01 3120 1950-08-01 2799 1950-09-01 2774 1950-10-01 2625 1950-11-01 2589 1950-12-01 2639 1951-01-01 2305 1951-02-01 2117 1951-03-01 2125 1951-04-01 1919 1951-05-01 1856 1951-06-01 1995 1951-07-01 1950 1951-08-01 1933 1951-09-01 2067 1951-10-01 2194 1951-11-01 2178 1951-12-01 1960 1952-01-01 1972 1952-02-01 1957 1952-03-01 1813 1952-04-01 1811 1952-05-01 1863 1952-06-01 1884 1952-07-01 1991 1952-08-01 2087 1952-09-01 1936 1952-10-01 1839 1952-11-01 1743 1952-12-01 1667 1953-01-01 1839 1953-02-01 1636 1953-03-01 1647 1953-04-01 1723 1953-05-01 1596 1953-06-01 1607 1953-07-01 1660 1953-08-01 1665 1953-09-01 1821 1953-10-01 1974 1953-11-01 2211 1953-12-01 2818 1954-01-01 3077 1954-02-01 3331 1954-03-01 3607 1954-04-01 3749 1954-05-01 3767 1954-06-01 3551 1954-07-01 3659 1954-08-01 3854 1954-09-01 3927 1954-10-01 3666 1954-11-01 3402 1954-12-01 3196 1955-01-01 3157 1955-02-01 2969 1955-03-01 2918 1955-04-01 3049 1955-05-01 2747 1955-06-01 2701 1955-07-01 2632 1955-08-01 2784 1955-09-01 2678 1955-10-01 2830 1955-11-01 2780 1955-12-01 2761 1956-01-01 2666 1956-02-01 2606 1956-03-01 2764 1956-04-01 2650 1956-05-01 2861 1956-06-01 2882 1956-07-01 2952 1956-08-01 2701 1956-09-01 2635 1956-10-01 2571 1956-11-01 2861 1956-12-01 2790 1957-01-01 2796 1957-02-01 2622 1957-03-01 2509 1957-04-01 2600 1957-05-01 2710 1957-06-01 2856 1957-07-01 2796 1957-08-01 2747 1957-09-01 2943 1957-10-01 3020 1957-11-01 3454 1957-12-01 3476 1958-01-01 3875 1958-02-01 4303 1958-03-01 4492 1958-04-01 5016 1958-05-01 5021 1958-06-01 4944 1958-07-01 5079 1958-08-01 5025 1958-09-01 4821 1958-10-01 4570 1958-11-01 4188 1958-12-01 4191 1959-01-01 4068 1959-02-01 3965 1959-03-01 3801 1959-04-01 3571 1959-05-01 3479 1959-06-01 3429 1959-07-01 3528 1959-08-01 3588 1959-09-01 3775 1959-10-01 3910 1959-11-01 4003 1959-12-01 3653 1960-01-01 3615 1960-02-01 3329 1960-03-01 3726 1960-04-01 3620 1960-05-01 3569 1960-06-01 3766 1960-07-01 3836 1960-08-01 3946 1960-09-01 3884 1960-10-01 4252 1960-11-01 4330 1960-12-01 4617 1961-01-01 4671 1961-02-01 4832 1961-03-01 4853 1961-04-01 4893 1961-05-01 5003 1961-06-01 4885 1961-07-01 4928 1961-08-01 4682 1961-09-01 4676 1961-10-01 4573 1961-11-01 4295 1961-12-01 4177 1962-01-01 4081 1962-02-01 3871 1962-03-01 3921 1962-04-01 3906 1962-05-01 3863 1962-06-01 3844 1962-07-01 3819 1962-08-01 4013 1962-09-01 3961 1962-10-01 3803 1962-11-01 4024 1962-12-01 3907 1963-01-01 4074 1963-02-01 4238 1963-03-01 4072 1963-04-01 4055 1963-05-01 4217 1963-06-01 3977 1963-07-01 4051 1963-08-01 3878 1963-09-01 3957 1963-10-01 3987 1963-11-01 4151 1963-12-01 3975 1964-01-01 4029 1964-02-01 3932 1964-03-01 3950 1964-04-01 3918 1964-05-01 3764 1964-06-01 3814 1964-07-01 3608 1964-08-01 3655 1964-09-01 3712 1964-10-01 3726 1964-11-01 3551 1964-12-01 3651 1965-01-01 3572 1965-02-01 3730 1965-03-01 3510 1965-04-01 3595 1965-05-01 3432 1965-06-01 3387 1965-07-01 3301 1965-08-01 3254 1965-09-01 3216 1965-10-01 3143 1965-11-01 3073 1965-12-01 3031 1966-01-01 2988 1966-02-01 2820 1966-03-01 2887 1966-04-01 2828 1966-05-01 2950 1966-06-01 2872 1966-07-01 2876 1966-08-01 2900 1966-09-01 2798 1966-10-01 2798 1966-11-01 2770 1966-12-01 2912 1967-01-01 2968 1967-02-01 2915 1967-03-01 2889 1967-04-01 2895 1967-05-01 2929 1967-06-01 2992 1967-07-01 2944 1967-08-01 2945 1967-09-01 2958 1967-10-01 3143 1967-11-01 3066 1967-12-01 3018 1968-01-01 2878 1968-02-01 3001 1968-03-01 2877 1968-04-01 2709 1968-05-01 2740 1968-06-01 2938 1968-07-01 2883 1968-08-01 2768 1968-09-01 2686 1968-10-01 2689 1968-11-01 2715 1968-12-01 2685 1969-01-01 2718 1969-02-01 2692 1969-03-01 2712 1969-04-01 2758 1969-05-01 2713 1969-06-01 2816 1969-07-01 2868 1969-08-01 2856 1969-09-01 3040 1969-10-01 3049 1969-11-01 2856 1969-12-01 2884 1970-01-01 3201 1970-02-01 3453 1970-03-01 3635 1970-04-01 3797 1970-05-01 3919 1970-06-01 4071 1970-07-01 4175 1970-08-01 4256 1970-09-01 4456 1970-10-01 4591 1970-11-01 4898 1970-12-01 5076 1971-01-01 4986 1971-02-01 4903 1971-03-01 4987 1971-04-01 4959 1971-05-01 4996 1971-06-01 4949 1971-07-01 5035 1971-08-01 5134 1971-09-01 5042 1971-10-01 4954 1971-11-01 5161 1971-12-01 5154 1972-01-01 5019 1972-02-01 4928 1972-03-01 5038 1972-04-01 4959 1972-05-01 4922 1972-06-01 4923 1972-07-01 4913 1972-08-01 4939 1972-09-01 4849 1972-10-01 4875 1972-11-01 4602 1972-12-01 4543 1973-01-01 4326 1973-02-01 4452 1973-03-01 4394 1973-04-01 4459 1973-05-01 4329 1973-06-01 4363 1973-07-01 4305 1973-08-01 4305 1973-09-01 4350 1973-10-01 4144 1973-11-01 4396 1973-12-01 4489 1974-01-01 4644 1974-02-01 4731 1974-03-01 4634 1974-04-01 4618 1974-05-01 4705 1974-06-01 4927 1974-07-01 5063 1974-08-01 5022 1974-09-01 5437 1974-10-01 5523 1974-11-01 6140 1974-12-01 6636 1975-01-01 7501 1975-02-01 7520 1975-03-01 7978 1975-04-01 8210 1975-05-01 8433 1975-06-01 8220 1975-07-01 8127 1975-08-01 7928 1975-09-01 7923 1975-10-01 7897 1975-11-01 7794 1975-12-01 7744 1976-01-01 7534 1976-02-01 7326 1976-03-01 7230 1976-04-01 7330 1976-05-01 7053 1976-06-01 7322 1976-07-01 7490 1976-08-01 7518 1976-09-01 7380 1976-10-01 7430 1976-11-01 7620 1976-12-01 7545 1977-01-01 7280 1977-02-01 7443 1977-03-01 7307 1977-04-01 7059 1977-05-01 6911 1977-06-01 7134 1977-07-01 6829 1977-08-01 6925 1977-09-01 6751 1977-10-01 6763 1977-11-01 6815 1977-12-01 6386 1978-01-01 6489 1978-02-01 6318 1978-03-01 6337 1978-04-01 6180 1978-05-01 6127 1978-06-01 6028 1978-07-01 6309 1978-08-01 6080 1978-09-01 6125 1978-10-01 5947 1978-11-01 6077 1978-12-01 6228 1979-01-01 6109 1979-02-01 6173 1979-03-01 6109 1979-04-01 6069 1979-05-01 5840 1979-06-01 5959 1979-07-01 5996 1979-08-01 6320 1979-09-01 6190 1979-10-01 6296 1979-11-01 6238 1979-12-01 6325 1980-01-01 6683 1980-02-01 6702 1980-03-01 6729 1980-04-01 7358 1980-05-01 7984 1980-06-01 8098 1980-07-01 8363 1980-08-01 8281 1980-09-01 8021 1980-10-01 8088 1980-11-01 8023 1980-12-01 7718 1981-01-01 8071 1981-02-01 8051 1981-03-01 7982 1981-04-01 7869 1981-05-01 8174 1981-06-01 8098 1981-07-01 7863 1981-08-01 8036 1981-09-01 8230 1981-10-01 8646 1981-11-01 9029 1981-12-01 9267 1982-01-01 9397 1982-02-01 9705 1982-03-01 9895 1982-04-01 10244 1982-05-01 10335 1982-06-01 10538 1982-07-01 10849 1982-08-01 10881 1982-09-01 11217 1982-10-01 11529 1982-11-01 11938 1982-12-01 12051 1983-01-01 11534 1983-02-01 11545 1983-03-01 11408 1983-04-01 11268 1983-05-01 11154 1983-06-01 11246 1983-07-01 10548 1983-08-01 10623 1983-09-01 10282 1983-10-01 9887 1983-11-01 9499 1983-12-01 9331 1984-01-01 9008 1984-02-01 8791 1984-03-01 8746 1984-04-01 8762 1984-05-01 8456 1984-06-01 8226 1984-07-01 8537 1984-08-01 8519 1984-09-01 8367 1984-10-01 8381 1984-11-01 8198 1984-12-01 8358 1985-01-01 8423 1985-02-01 8321 1985-03-01 8339 1985-04-01 8395 1985-05-01 8302 1985-06-01 8460 1985-07-01 8513 1985-08-01 8196 1985-09-01 8248 1985-10-01 8298 1985-11-01 8128 1985-12-01 8138 1986-01-01 7795 1986-02-01 8402 1986-03-01 8383 1986-04-01 8364 1986-05-01 8439 1986-06-01 8508 1986-07-01 8319 1986-08-01 8135 1986-09-01 8310 1986-10-01 8243 1986-11-01 8159 1986-12-01 7883 1987-01-01 7892 1987-02-01 7865 1987-03-01 7862 1987-04-01 7542 1987-05-01 7574 1987-06-01 7398 1987-07-01 7268 1987-08-01 7261 1987-09-01 7102 1987-10-01 7227 1987-11-01 7035 1987-12-01 6936 1988-01-01 6953 1988-02-01 6929 1988-03-01 6876 1988-04-01 6601 1988-05-01 6779 1988-06-01 6546 1988-07-01 6605 1988-08-01 6843 1988-09-01 6604 1988-10-01 6568 1988-11-01 6537 1988-12-01 6518 1989-01-01 6682 1989-02-01 6359 1989-03-01 6205 1989-04-01 6468 1989-05-01 6375 1989-06-01 6577 1989-07-01 6495 1989-08-01 6511 1989-09-01 6590 1989-10-01 6630 1989-11-01 6725 1989-12-01 6667 1990-01-01 6752 1990-02-01 6651 1990-03-01 6598 1990-04-01 6797 1990-05-01 6742 1990-06-01 6590 1990-07-01 6922 1990-08-01 7188 1990-09-01 7368 1990-10-01 7459 1990-11-01 7764 1990-12-01 7901 1991-01-01 8015 1991-02-01 8265 1991-03-01 8586 1991-04-01 8439 1991-05-01 8736 1991-06-01 8692 1991-07-01 8586 1991-08-01 8666 1991-09-01 8722 1991-10-01 8842 1991-11-01 8931 1991-12-01 9198 1992-01-01 9283 1992-02-01 9454 1992-03-01 9460 1992-04-01 9415 1992-05-01 9744 1992-06-01 10040 1992-07-01 9850 1992-08-01 9787 1992-09-01 9781 1992-10-01 9398 1992-11-01 9565 1992-12-01 9557 1993-01-01 9325 1993-02-01 9183 1993-03-01 9056 1993-04-01 9110 1993-05-01 9149 1993-06-01 9121 1993-07-01 8930 1993-08-01 8763 1993-09-01 8714 1993-10-01 8750 1993-11-01 8542 1993-12-01 8477 1994-01-01 8630 1994-02-01 8583 1994-03-01 8470 1994-04-01 8331 1994-05-01 7915 1994-06-01 7927 1994-07-01 7946 1994-08-01 7933 1994-09-01 7734 1994-10-01 7632 1994-11-01 7375 1994-12-01 7230 1995-01-01 7375 1995-02-01 7187 1995-03-01 7153 1995-04-01 7645 1995-05-01 7430 1995-06-01 7427 1995-07-01 7527 1995-08-01 7484 1995-09-01 7478 1995-10-01 7328 1995-11-01 7426 1995-12-01 7423 1996-01-01 7491 1996-02-01 7313 1996-03-01 7318 1996-04-01 7415 1996-05-01 7423 1996-06-01 7095 1996-07-01 7337 1996-08-01 6882 1996-09-01 6979 1996-10-01 7031 1996-11-01 7236 1996-12-01 7253 1997-01-01 7158 1997-02-01 7102 1997-03-01 7000 1997-04-01 6873 1997-05-01 6655 1997-06-01 6799 1997-07-01 6655 1997-08-01 6608 1997-09-01 6656 1997-10-01 6454 1997-11-01 6308 1997-12-01 6476 1998-01-01 6368 1998-02-01 6306 1998-03-01 6422 1998-04-01 5941 1998-05-01 6047 1998-06-01 6212 1998-07-01 6259 1998-08-01 6179 1998-09-01 6300 1998-10-01 6280 1998-11-01 6100 1998-12-01 6032 1999-01-01 5976 1999-02-01 6111 1999-03-01 5783 1999-04-01 6004 1999-05-01 5796 1999-06-01 5951 1999-07-01 6025 1999-08-01 5838 1999-09-01 5915 1999-10-01 5778 1999-11-01 5716 1999-12-01 5653 2000-01-01 5708 2000-02-01 5858 2000-03-01 5733 2000-04-01 5481 2000-05-01 5758 2000-06-01 5651 2000-07-01 5747 2000-08-01 5853 2000-09-01 5625 2000-10-01 5534 2000-11-01 5639 2000-12-01 5634 2001-01-01 6023 2001-02-01 6089 2001-03-01 6141 2001-04-01 6271 2001-05-01 6226 2001-06-01 6484 2001-07-01 6583 2001-08-01 7042 2001-09-01 7142 2001-10-01 7694 2001-11-01 8003 2001-12-01 8258 2002-01-01 8182 2002-02-01 8215 2002-03-01 8304 2002-04-01 8599 2002-05-01 8399 2002-06-01 8393 2002-07-01 8390 2002-08-01 8304 2002-09-01 8251 2002-10-01 8307 2002-11-01 8520 2002-12-01 8640 2003-01-01 8520 2003-02-01 8618 2003-03-01 8588 2003-04-01 8842 2003-05-01 8957 2003-06-01 9266 2003-07-01 9011 2003-08-01 8896 2003-09-01 8921 2003-10-01 8732 2003-11-01 8576 2003-12-01 8317 2004-01-01 8370 2004-02-01 8167 2004-03-01 8491 2004-04-01 8170 2004-05-01 8212 2004-06-01 8286 2004-07-01 8136 2004-08-01 7990 2004-09-01 7927 2004-10-01 8061 2004-11-01 7932 2004-12-01 7934 2005-01-01 7784 2005-02-01 7980 2005-03-01 7737 2005-04-01 7672 2005-05-01 7651 2005-06-01 7524 2005-07-01 7406 2005-08-01 7345 2005-09-01 7553 2005-10-01 7453 2005-11-01 7566 2005-12-01 7279 2006-01-01 7064 2006-02-01 7184 2006-03-01 7072 2006-04-01 7120 2006-05-01 6980 2006-06-01 7001 2006-07-01 7175 2006-08-01 7091 2006-09-01 6847 2006-10-01 6727 2006-11-01 6872 2006-12-01 6762 2007-01-01 7116 2007-02-01 6927 2007-03-01 6731 2007-04-01 6850 2007-05-01 6766 2007-06-01 6979 2007-07-01 7149 2007-08-01 7067 2007-09-01 7170 2007-10-01 7237 2007-11-01 7240 2007-12-01 7645 2008-01-01 7685 2008-02-01 7497 2008-03-01 7822 2008-04-01 7637 2008-05-01 8395 2008-06-01 8575 2008-07-01 8937 2008-08-01 9438 2008-09-01 9494 2008-10-01 10074 2008-11-01 10538 2008-12-01 11286 2009-01-01 12058 2009-02-01 12898 2009-03-01 13426 2009-04-01 13853 2009-05-01 14499 2009-06-01 14707 2009-07-01 14601 2009-08-01 14814 2009-09-01 15009 2009-10-01 15352 2009-11-01 15219 2009-12-01 15098 2010-01-01 15046 2010-02-01 15113 2010-03-01 15202 2010-04-01 15325 2010-05-01 14849 2010-06-01 14474 2010-07-01 14512 2010-08-01 14648 2010-09-01 14579 2010-10-01 14516 2010-11-01 15081 2010-12-01 14348 2011-01-01 14013 2011-02-01 13820 2011-03-01 13737 2011-04-01 13957 2011-05-01 13855 2011-06-01 13962 2011-07-01 13763 2011-08-01 13818 2011-09-01 13948 2011-10-01 13594 2011-11-01 13302 2011-12-01 13093 2012-01-01 12797 2012-02-01 12813 2012-03-01 12713 2012-04-01 12646 2012-05-01 12660 2012-06-01 12692 2012-07-01 12656 2012-08-01 12471 2012-09-01 12115 2012-10-01 12124 2012-11-01 12005 2012-12-01 12298 2013-01-01 12471 2013-02-01 11950 2013-03-01 11689 2013-04-01 11760 2013-05-01 11654 2013-06-01 11751 2013-07-01 11335 2013-08-01 11279 2013-09-01 11270 2013-10-01 11136 2013-11-01 10787 2013-12-01 10404 2014-01-01 10202 2014-02-01 10349 2014-03-01 10380 2014-04-01 9702 2014-05-01 9859 2014-06-01 9460 2014-07-01 9608 2014-08-01 9599 2014-09-01 9262 2014-10-01 8990 2014-11-01 9090 2014-12-01 8717 2015-01-01 8885 2015-02-01 8599 2015-03-01 8515 2015-04-01 8550 2015-05-01 8834 2015-06-01 8247 2015-07-01 8167 2015-08-01 7992 2015-09-01 7907 2015-10-01 7922 2015-11-01 8000 2015-12-01 7907 2016-01-01 7627 2016-02-01 7702 2016-03-01 7961 2016-04-01 8067 2016-05-01 7652 2016-06-01 7744 2016-07-01 7641 2016-08-01 7784 2016-09-01 7953 2016-10-01 7811 2016-11-01 7553 2016-12-01 7521 2017-01-01 7468 2017-02-01 7379 2017-03-01 7073 2017-04-01 7089 2017-05-01 7000 2017-06-01 6873 2017-07-01 6892 2017-08-01 7082 2017-09-01 6854 2017-10-01 6700 2017-11-01 6774 2017-12-01 6632 2018-01-01 6489 2018-02-01 6581 2018-03-01 6472 2018-04-01 6459 2018-05-01 6196 2018-06-01 6447 2018-07-01 6195 2018-08-01 6156 2018-09-01 6073 2018-10-01 6211 2018-11-01 6115 2018-12-01 6389 2019-01-01 6475 2019-02-01 6136 2019-03-01 6202 2019-04-01 5961 2019-05-01 5930 2019-06-01 5935 2019-07-01 6061 2019-08-01 5945 2019-09-01 5753 2019-10-01 5871 2019-11-01 5868 2019-12-01 5853 2020-01-01 5842 2020-02-01 5729 2020-03-01 7209 2020-04-01 23090 2020-05-01 20933 2020-06-01 17658 2020-07-01 16391 2020-08-01 13498 2020-09-01 12573 2020-10-01 11012 2020-11-01 10713 2020-12-01 10772 2021-01-01 10196 2021-02-01 9992 2021-03-01 9734 2021-04-01 9801 2021-05-01 9250 2021-06-01 9547 2021-07-01 8770 2021-08-01 8288 2021-09-01 7659 2021-10-01 7244 2021-11-01 6733 2021-12-01 6305 2022-01-01 6549 2022-02-01 6279 2022-03-01 5993 2022-04-01 6034 2022-05-01 5966 2022-06-01 5984 2022-07-01 5783 2022-08-01 5983 2022-09-01 5755 2022-10-01 5950 2022-11-01 5956 2022-12-01 5698 2023-01-01 5719 2023-02-01 5962 2023-03-01 5866 2023-04-01 5715 2023-05-01 6117 2023-06-01 5997 2023-07-01 5904 2023-08-01 6340 2023-09-01 6347 2023-10-01 6443 2023-11-01 6262 2023-12-01 6268 2024-01-01 6124 2024-02-01 6458 2024-03-01 6429 2024-04-01 6492