US Unemployment

The BLS household survey showed that the US unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points in January 2019 to 4.0%. The unemployment rate peaked in October 2009 at 10.0% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.7% in September 2018, the unemployment rate has now risen by 0.3 percentage points.

Unemployment Rate	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.0%	+0.1	-0.1

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 8,817,000 fewer people unemployed in the country. From a post peak low of 5,986,000 in September 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown again by 549,000. US employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	6,535,000	+241,000	-106,000

Unemployed Persons

US Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	National Unemployed Persons
January 2019	4.0%	6,535,000
December 2018	3.9%	6,294,000
November 2018	3.7%	6,018,000
October 2018	3.8%	6,112,000
September 2018	3.7%	5,986,000
August 2018	3.8%	6,197,000
July 2018	3.9%	6,245,000
June 2018	4.0%	6,537,000
May 2018	3.8%	6,128,000
April 2018	3.9%	6,335,000
March 2018	4.0%	6,486,000
February 2018	4.1%	6,687,000