Unemployment Rate

The monthly unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted and reported as a percent.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
Source series ID: UNRATE
Reported unit / scale: Percent (%)
Transformation: Published unemployment rate; percent, not a percentage-point change.
Release cadence: monthly
Seasonal adjustment: Seasonally adjusted
Revision policy: FRED observations can be revised after publication. ALFRED is the reference for historical vintages as originally published; this page shows the current series, not vintage data. About ALFRED vintages

Observed coverage

118 valid observations

Earliest observation: 2016-11-01

Latest observation: 2026-09-01

Source observation date: 2026-09-01

Last collected: 2026-11-02T20:00:55.967Z

Monthly unemployment observations

UNRATE is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate, distributed by FRED. Values are seasonally adjusted and reported as a percent, without rescaling.

The series is released monthly. Observation dates identify the reference month; collection and update dates describe when this site read the published artifact.

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Visible chart range summary

First: 4.4% — observation date 2025-09-01
Latest: 4.2% — observation date 2026-09-01
Minimum: 4.1% — observation date 2026-07-01
Maximum: 4.5% — observation date 2025-11-01
First-to-latest change: −0.2 percentage points (pp) — observation dates 2025-09-01 to 2026-09-01

Latest observation (2026-09-01): 4.20%

Last checked: 2026-11-02T20:00:55.967Z

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Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate observations · Unit: percent
Observation date	Value	Source vintage date
2016-11-01	4.70%	—
2016-12-01	4.70%	—
2017-01-01	4.70%	—
2017-02-01	4.60%	—
2017-03-01	4.40%	—
2017-04-01	4.40%	—
2017-05-01	4.40%	—
2017-06-01	4.30%	—
2017-07-01	4.30%	—
2017-08-01	4.40%	—
2017-09-01	4.30%	—
2017-10-01	4.20%	—
2017-11-01	4.20%	—
2017-12-01	4.10%	—
2018-01-01	4.00%	—
2018-02-01	4.10%	—
2018-03-01	4.00%	—
2018-04-01	4.00%	—
2018-05-01	3.80%	—
2018-06-01	4.00%	—
2018-07-01	3.80%	—
2018-08-01	3.80%	—
2018-09-01	3.70%	—
2018-10-01	3.80%	—
2018-11-01	3.80%	—
2018-12-01	3.90%	—
2019-01-01	4.00%	—
2019-02-01	3.80%	—
2019-03-01	3.80%	—
2019-04-01	3.70%	—
2019-05-01	3.60%	—
2019-06-01	3.60%	—
2019-07-01	3.70%	—
2019-08-01	3.60%	—
2019-09-01	3.50%	—
2019-10-01	3.60%	—
2019-11-01	3.60%	—
2019-12-01	3.60%	—
2020-01-01	3.60%	—
2020-02-01	3.50%	—
2020-03-01	4.40%	—
2020-04-01	14.80%	—
2020-05-01	13.20%	—
2020-06-01	11.00%	—
2020-07-01	10.20%	—
2020-08-01	8.40%	—
2020-09-01	7.80%	—
2020-10-01	6.90%	—
2020-11-01	6.70%	—
2020-12-01	6.70%	—
2021-01-01	6.40%	—
2021-02-01	6.20%	—
2021-03-01	6.10%	—
2021-04-01	6.10%	—
2021-05-01	5.80%	—
2021-06-01	5.90%	—
2021-07-01	5.40%	—
2021-08-01	5.10%	—
2021-09-01	4.70%	—
2021-10-01	4.50%	—
2021-11-01	4.10%	—
2021-12-01	3.90%	—
2022-01-01	4.00%	—
2022-02-01	3.90%	—
2022-03-01	3.70%	—
2022-04-01	3.70%	—
2022-05-01	3.60%	—
2022-06-01	3.60%	—
2022-07-01	3.50%	—
2022-08-01	3.60%	—
2022-09-01	3.50%	—
2022-10-01	3.60%	—
2022-11-01	3.60%	—
2022-12-01	3.50%	—
2023-01-01	3.50%	—
2023-02-01	3.60%	—
2023-03-01	3.50%	—
2023-04-01	3.40%	—
2023-05-01	3.60%	—
2023-06-01	3.60%	—
2023-07-01	3.50%	—
2023-08-01	3.70%	—
2023-09-01	3.70%	—
2023-10-01	3.90%	—
2023-11-01	3.70%	—
2023-12-01	3.80%	—
2024-01-01	3.70%	—
2024-02-01	3.90%	—
2024-03-01	3.90%	—
2024-04-01	3.90%	—
2024-05-01	3.90%	—
2024-06-01	4.10%	—
2024-07-01	4.20%	—
2024-08-01	4.20%	—
2024-09-01	4.10%	—
2024-10-01	4.10%	—
2024-11-01	4.20%	—
2024-12-01	4.10%	—
2025-01-01	4.00%	—
2025-02-01	4.20%	—
2025-03-01	4.20%	—
2025-04-01	4.20%	—
2025-05-01	4.30%	—
2025-06-01	4.10%	—
2025-07-01	4.30%	—
2025-08-01	4.30%	—
2025-09-01	4.40%	—
2025-11-01	4.50%	—
2025-12-01	4.40%	—
2026-01-01	4.30%	—
2026-02-01	4.40%	—
2026-03-01	4.30%	—
2026-04-01	4.30%	—
2026-05-01	4.30%	—
2026-06-01	4.20%	—
2026-07-01	4.10%	—
2026-08-01	4.10%	—
2026-09-01	4.20%	—