US Unemployment

The BLS household survey showed that the US unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2018 to 3.8%. The unemployment rate peaked in October 2009 at 10.0% and is now 6.2 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5

Unemployment Rate

Note: Recessions shown in gray

US Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in the US peaked in October 2009 at 15,352,000. There are now 9,287,000 fewer people unemployed in the country. US employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	6,065,000	-281,000	-772,000

Unemployed Persons

US Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	National Unemployed Persons
May 2018	3.8%	6,065,000
April 2018	3.9%	6,346,000
March 2018	4.1%	6,585,000
February 2018	4.1%	6,706,000
January 2018	4.1%	6,684,000
December 2017	4.1%	6,576,000
November 2017	4.1%	6,616,000
October 2017	4.1%	6,524,000
September 2017	4.2%	6,759,000
August 2017	4.4%	7,127,000
July 2017	4.3%	6,956,000
June 2017	4.3%	6,964,000