US Unemployment

The BLS household survey showed that the US unemployment rate fell 2.2 percentage points in June 2020 to 11.1%. The unemployment rate peaked in April 2020 at 14.7% and is now 3.6 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate	June 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	11.1%	-2.2	+7.4

Unemployment Rate

Note: Recessions shown in gray

US Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in the US peaked in April 2020 at 23,078,000. There are now 5,328,000 fewer people unemployed in the country. US employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	June 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	17,750,000	-3,235,000	+11,765,000

Unemployed Persons

US Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	National Unemployed Persons
June 2020	11.1%	17,750,000
May 2020	13.3%	20,985,000
April 2020	14.7%	23,078,000
March 2020	4.4%	7,140,000
February 2020	3.5%	5,787,000
January 2020	3.6%	5,892,000
December 2019	3.5%	5,753,000
November 2019	3.5%	5,811,000
October 2019	3.6%	5,857,000
September 2019	3.5%	5,753,000
August 2019	3.7%	5,999,000
July 2019	3.7%	6,027,000