Unemployment rate of workers age 16 and older, 1973–2019

Date Value
Jan-1973 4.9% 5.0%
Feb-1973 5.0% 5.0%
Mar-1973 4.9% 5.0%
Apr-1973 5.0% 5.0%
May-1973 4.9% 5.0%
Jun-1973 4.9% 5.0%
Jul-1973 4.8% 5.0%
Aug-1973 4.8% 5.0%
Sep-1973 4.8% 5.0%
Oct-1973 4.6% 5.0%
Nov-1973 4.8% 5.0%
Dec-1973 4.9% 5.0%
Jan-1974 5.1% 5.0%
Feb-1974 5.2% 5.0%
Mar-1974 5.1% 5.0%
Apr-1974 5.1% 5.0%
May-1974 5.1% 5.0%
Jun-1974 5.4% 5.0%
Jul-1974 5.5% 5.0%
Aug-1974 5.5% 5.0%
Sep-1974 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-1974 6.0% 5.0%
Nov-1974 6.6% 5.0%
Dec-1974 7.2% 5.0%
Jan-1975 8.1% 5.0%
Feb-1975 8.1% 5.0%
Mar-1975 8.6% 5.0%
Apr-1975 8.8% 5.0%
May-1975 9.0% 5.0%
Jun-1975 8.8% 5.0%
Jul-1975 8.6% 5.0%
Aug-1975 8.4% 5.0%
Sep-1975 8.4% 5.0%
Oct-1975 8.4% 5.0%
Nov-1975 8.3% 5.0%
Dec-1975 8.2% 5.0%
Jan-1976 7.9% 5.0%
Feb-1976 7.7% 5.0%
Mar-1976 7.6% 5.0%
Apr-1976 7.7% 5.0%
May-1976 7.4% 5.0%
Jun-1976 7.6% 5.0%
Jul-1976 7.8% 5.0%
Aug-1976 7.8% 5.0%
Sep-1976 7.6% 5.0%
Oct-1976 7.7% 5.0%
Nov-1976 7.8% 5.0%
Dec-1976 7.8% 5.0%
Jan-1977 7.5% 5.0%
Feb-1977 7.6% 5.0%
Mar-1977 7.4% 5.0%
Apr-1977 7.2% 5.0%
May-1977 7.0% 5.0%
Jun-1977 7.2% 5.0%
Jul-1977 6.9% 5.0%
Aug-1977 7.0% 5.0%
Sep-1977 6.8% 5.0%
Oct-1977 6.8% 5.0%
Nov-1977 6.8% 5.0%
Dec-1977 6.4% 5.0%
Jan-1978 6.4% 5.0%
Feb-1978 6.3% 5.0%
Mar-1978 6.3% 5.0%
Apr-1978 6.1% 5.0%
May-1978 6.0% 5.0%
Jun-1978 5.9% 5.0%
Jul-1978 6.2% 5.0%
Aug-1978 5.9% 5.0%
Sep-1978 6.0% 5.0%
Oct-1978 5.8% 5.0%
Nov-1978 5.9% 5.0%
Dec-1978 6.0% 5.0%
Jan-1979 5.9% 5.0%
Feb-1979 5.9% 5.0%
Mar-1979 5.8% 5.0%
Apr-1979 5.8% 5.0%
May-1979 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-1979 5.7% 5.0%
Jul-1979 5.7% 5.0%
Aug-1979 6.0% 5.0%
Sep-1979 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-1979 6.0% 5.0%
Nov-1979 5.9% 5.0%
Dec-1979 6.0% 5.0%
Jan-1980 6.3% 5.0%
Feb-1980 6.3% 5.0%
Mar-1980 6.3% 5.0%
Apr-1980 6.9% 5.0%
May-1980 7.5% 5.0%
Jun-1980 7.6% 5.0%
Jul-1980 7.8% 5.0%
Aug-1980 7.7% 5.0%
Sep-1980 7.5% 5.0%
Oct-1980 7.5% 5.0%
Nov-1980 7.5% 5.0%
Dec-1980 7.2% 5.0%
Jan-1981 7.5% 5.0%
Feb-1981 7.4% 5.0%
Mar-1981 7.4% 5.0%
Apr-1981 7.2% 5.0%
May-1981 7.5% 5.0%
Jun-1981 7.5% 5.0%
Jul-1981 7.2% 5.0%
Aug-1981 7.4% 5.0%
Sep-1981 7.6% 5.0%
Oct-1981 7.9% 5.0%
Nov-1981 8.3% 5.0%
Dec-1981 8.5% 5.0%
Jan-1982 8.6% 5.0%
Feb-1982 8.9% 5.0%
Mar-1982 9.0% 5.0%
Apr-1982 9.3% 5.0%
May-1982 9.4% 5.0%
Jun-1982 9.6% 5.0%
Jul-1982 9.8% 5.0%
Aug-1982 9.8% 5.0%
Sep-1982 10.1% 5.0%
Oct-1982 10.4% 5.0%
Nov-1982 10.8% 5.0%
Dec-1982 10.8% 5.0%
Jan-1983 10.4% 5.0%
Feb-1983 10.4% 5.0%
Mar-1983 10.3% 5.0%
Apr-1983 10.2% 5.0%
May-1983 10.1% 5.0%
Jun-1983 10.1% 5.0%
Jul-1983 9.4% 5.0%
Aug-1983 9.5% 5.0%
Sep-1983 9.2% 5.0%
Oct-1983 8.8% 5.0%
Nov-1983 8.5% 5.0%
Dec-1983 8.3% 5.0%
Jan-1984 8.0% 5.0%
Feb-1984 7.8% 5.0%
Mar-1984 7.8% 5.0%
Apr-1984 7.7% 5.0%
May-1984 7.4% 5.0%
Jun-1984 7.2% 5.0%
Jul-1984 7.5% 5.0%
Aug-1984 7.5% 5.0%
Sep-1984 7.3% 5.0%
Oct-1984 7.4% 5.0%
Nov-1984 7.2% 5.0%
Dec-1984 7.3% 5.0%
Jan-1985 7.3% 5.0%
Feb-1985 7.2% 5.0%
Mar-1985 7.2% 5.0%
Apr-1985 7.3% 5.0%
May-1985 7.2% 5.0%
Jun-1985 7.4% 5.0%
Jul-1985 7.4% 5.0%
Aug-1985 7.1% 5.0%
Sep-1985 7.1% 5.0%
Oct-1985 7.1% 5.0%
Nov-1985 7.0% 5.0%
Dec-1985 7.0% 5.0%
Jan-1986 6.7% 5.0%
Feb-1986 7.2% 5.0%
Mar-1986 7.2% 5.0%
Apr-1986 7.1% 5.0%
May-1986 7.2% 5.0%
Jun-1986 7.2% 5.0%
Jul-1986 7.0% 5.0%
Aug-1986 6.9% 5.0%
Sep-1986 7.0% 5.0%
Oct-1986 7.0% 5.0%
Nov-1986 6.9% 5.0%
Dec-1986 6.6% 5.0%
Jan-1987 6.6% 5.0%
Feb-1987 6.6% 5.0%
Mar-1987 6.6% 5.0%
Apr-1987 6.3% 5.0%
May-1987 6.3% 5.0%
Jun-1987 6.2% 5.0%
Jul-1987 6.1% 5.0%
Aug-1987 6.0% 5.0%
Sep-1987 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-1987 6.0% 5.0%
Nov-1987 5.8% 5.0%
Dec-1987 5.7% 5.0%
Jan-1988 5.7% 5.0%
Feb-1988 5.7% 5.0%
Mar-1988 5.7% 5.0%
Apr-1988 5.4% 5.0%
May-1988 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-1988 5.4% 5.0%
Jul-1988 5.4% 5.0%
Aug-1988 5.6% 5.0%
Sep-1988 5.4% 5.0%
Oct-1988 5.4% 5.0%
Nov-1988 5.3% 5.0%
Dec-1988 5.3% 5.0%
Jan-1989 5.4% 5.0%
Feb-1989 5.2% 5.0%
Mar-1989 5.0% 5.0%
Apr-1989 5.2% 5.0%
May-1989 5.2% 5.0%
Jun-1989 5.3% 5.0%
Jul-1989 5.2% 5.0%
Aug-1989 5.2% 5.0%
Sep-1989 5.3% 5.0%
Oct-1989 5.3% 5.0%
Nov-1989 5.4% 5.0%
Dec-1989 5.4% 5.0%
Jan-1990 5.4% 5.0%
Feb-1990 5.3% 5.0%
Mar-1990 5.2% 5.0%
Apr-1990 5.4% 5.0%
May-1990 5.4% 5.0%
Jun-1990 5.2% 5.0%
Jul-1990 5.5% 5.0%
Aug-1990 5.7% 5.0%
Sep-1990 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-1990 5.9% 5.0%
Nov-1990 6.2% 5.0%
Dec-1990 6.3% 5.0%
Jan-1991 6.4% 5.0%
Feb-1991 6.6% 5.0%
Mar-1991 6.8% 5.0%
Apr-1991 6.7% 5.0%
May-1991 6.9% 5.0%
Jun-1991 6.9% 5.0%
Jul-1991 6.8% 5.0%
Aug-1991 6.9% 5.0%
Sep-1991 6.9% 5.0%
Oct-1991 7.0% 5.0%
Nov-1991 7.0% 5.0%
Dec-1991 7.3% 5.0%
Jan-1992 7.3% 5.0%
Feb-1992 7.4% 5.0%
Mar-1992 7.4% 5.0%
Apr-1992 7.4% 5.0%
May-1992 7.6% 5.0%
Jun-1992 7.8% 5.0%
Jul-1992 7.7% 5.0%
Aug-1992 7.6% 5.0%
Sep-1992 7.6% 5.0%
Oct-1992 7.3% 5.0%
Nov-1992 7.4% 5.0%
Dec-1992 7.4% 5.0%
Jan-1993 7.3% 5.0%
Feb-1993 7.1% 5.0%
Mar-1993 7.0% 5.0%
Apr-1993 7.1% 5.0%
May-1993 7.1% 5.0%
Jun-1993 7.0% 5.0%
Jul-1993 6.9% 5.0%
Aug-1993 6.8% 5.0%
Sep-1993 6.7% 5.0%
Oct-1993 6.8% 5.0%
Nov-1993 6.6% 5.0%
Dec-1993 6.5% 5.0%
Jan-1994 6.6% 5.0%
Feb-1994 6.6% 5.0%
Mar-1994 6.5% 5.0%
Apr-1994 6.4% 5.0%
May-1994 6.1% 5.0%
Jun-1994 6.1% 5.0%
Jul-1994 6.1% 5.0%
Aug-1994 6.0% 5.0%
Sep-1994 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-1994 5.8% 5.0%
Nov-1994 5.6% 5.0%
Dec-1994 5.5% 5.0%
Jan-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Feb-1995 5.4% 5.0%
Mar-1995 5.4% 5.0%
Apr-1995 5.8% 5.0%
May-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Jul-1995 5.7% 5.0%
Aug-1995 5.7% 5.0%
Sep-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Oct-1995 5.5% 5.0%
Nov-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Dec-1995 5.6% 5.0%
Jan-1996 5.6% 5.0%
Feb-1996 5.5% 5.0%
Mar-1996 5.5% 5.0%
Apr-1996 5.6% 5.0%
May-1996 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-1996 5.3% 5.0%
Jul-1996 5.5% 5.0%
Aug-1996 5.1% 5.0%
Sep-1996 5.2% 5.0%
Oct-1996 5.2% 5.0%
Nov-1996 5.4% 5.0%
Dec-1996 5.4% 5.0%
Jan-1997 5.3% 5.0%
Feb-1997 5.2% 5.0%
Mar-1997 5.2% 5.0%
Apr-1997 5.1% 5.0%
May-1997 4.9% 5.0%
Jun-1997 5.0% 5.0%
Jul-1997 4.9% 5.0%
Aug-1997 4.8% 5.0%
Sep-1997 4.9% 5.0%
Oct-1997 4.7% 5.0%
Nov-1997 4.6% 5.0%
Dec-1997 4.7% 5.0%
Jan-1998 4.6% 5.0%
Feb-1998 4.6% 5.0%
Mar-1998 4.7% 5.0%
Apr-1998 4.3% 5.0%
May-1998 4.4% 5.0%
Jun-1998 4.5% 5.0%
Jul-1998 4.5% 5.0%
Aug-1998 4.5% 5.0%
Sep-1998 4.6% 5.0%
Oct-1998 4.5% 5.0%
Nov-1998 4.4% 5.0%
Dec-1998 4.4% 5.0%
Jan-1999 4.3% 5.0%
Feb-1999 4.4% 5.0%
Mar-1999 4.2% 5.0%
Apr-1999 4.3% 5.0%
May-1999 4.2% 5.0%
Jun-1999 4.3% 5.0%
Jul-1999 4.3% 5.0%
Aug-1999 4.2% 5.0%
Sep-1999 4.2% 5.0%
Oct-1999 4.1% 5.0%
Nov-1999 4.1% 5.0%
Dec-1999 4.0% 5.0%
Jan-2000 4.0% 5.0%
Feb-2000 4.1% 5.0%
Mar-2000 4.0% 5.0%
Apr-2000 3.8% 5.0%
May-2000 4.0% 5.0%
Jun-2000 4.0% 5.0%
Jul-2000 4.0% 5.0%
Aug-2000 4.1% 5.0%
Sep-2000 3.9% 5.0%
Oct-2000 3.9% 5.0%
Nov-2000 3.9% 5.0%
Dec-2000 3.9% 5.0%
Jan-2001 4.2% 5.0%
Feb-2001 4.2% 5.0%
Mar-2001 4.3% 5.0%
Apr-2001 4.4% 5.0%
May-2001 4.3% 5.0%
Jun-2001 4.5% 5.0%
Jul-2001 4.6% 5.0%
Aug-2001 4.9% 5.0%
Sep-2001 5.0% 5.0%
Oct-2001 5.3% 5.0%
Nov-2001 5.5% 5.0%
Dec-2001 5.7% 5.0%
Jan-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Feb-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Mar-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Apr-2002 5.9% 5.0%
May-2002 5.8% 5.0%
Jun-2002 5.8% 5.0%
Jul-2002 5.8% 5.0%
Aug-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Sep-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Oct-2002 5.7% 5.0%
Nov-2002 5.9% 5.0%
Dec-2002 6.0% 5.0%
Jan-2003 5.8% 5.0%
Feb-2003 5.9% 5.0%
Mar-2003 5.9% 5.0%
Apr-2003 6.0% 5.0%
May-2003 6.1% 5.0%
Jun-2003 6.3% 5.0%
Jul-2003 6.2% 5.0%
Aug-2003 6.1% 5.0%
Sep-2003 6.1% 5.0%
Oct-2003 6.0% 5.0%
Nov-2003 5.8% 5.0%
Dec-2003 5.7% 5.0%
Jan-2004 5.7% 5.0%
Feb-2004 5.6% 5.0%
Mar-2004 5.8% 5.0%
Apr-2004 5.6% 5.0%
May-2004 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-2004 5.6% 5.0%
Jul-2004 5.5% 5.0%
Aug-2004 5.4% 5.0%
Sep-2004 5.4% 5.0%
Oct-2004 5.5% 5.0%
Nov-2004 5.4% 5.0%
Dec-2004 5.4% 5.0%
Jan-2005 5.3% 5.0%
Feb-2005 5.4% 5.0%
Mar-2005 5.2% 5.0%
Apr-2005 5.2% 5.0%
May-2005 5.1% 5.0%
Jun-2005 5.0% 5.0%
Jul-2005 5.0% 5.0%
Aug-2005 4.9% 5.0%
Sep-2005 5.0% 5.0%
Oct-2005 5.0% 5.0%
Nov-2005 5.0% 5.0%
Dec-2005 4.9% 5.0%
Jan-2006 4.7% 5.0%
Feb-2006 4.8% 5.0%
Mar-2006 4.7% 5.0%
Apr-2006 4.7% 5.0%
May-2006 4.6% 5.0%
Jun-2006 4.6% 5.0%
Jul-2006 4.7% 5.0%
Aug-2006 4.7% 5.0%
Sep-2006 4.5% 5.0%
Oct-2006 4.4% 5.0%
Nov-2006 4.5% 5.0%
Dec-2006 4.4% 5.0%
Jan-2007 4.6% 5.0%
Feb-2007 4.5% 5.0%
Mar-2007 4.4% 5.0%
Apr-2007 4.5% 5.0%
May-2007 4.4% 5.0%
Jun-2007 4.6% 5.0%
Jul-2007 4.7% 5.0%
Aug-2007 4.6% 5.0%
Sep-2007 4.7% 5.0%
Oct-2007 4.7% 5.0%
Nov-2007 4.7% 5.0%
Dec-2007 5.0% 5.0%
Jan-2008 5.0% 5.0%
Feb-2008 4.9% 5.0%
Mar-2008 5.1% 5.0%
Apr-2008 5.0% 5.0%
May-2008 5.4% 5.0%
Jun-2008 5.6% 5.0%
Jul-2008 5.8% 5.0%
Aug-2008 6.1% 5.0%
Sep-2008 6.1% 5.0%
Oct-2008 6.5% 5.0%
Nov-2008 6.8% 5.0%
Dec-2008 7.3% 5.0%
Jan-2009 7.8% 5.0%
Feb-2009 8.3% 5.0%
Mar-2009 8.7% 5.0%
Apr-2009 9.0% 5.0%
May-2009 9.4% 5.0%
Jun-2009 9.5% 5.0%
Jul-2009 9.5% 5.0%
Aug-2009 9.6% 5.0%
Sep-2009 9.8% 5.0%
Oct-2009 10.0% 5.0%
Nov-2009 9.9% 5.0%
Dec-2009 9.9% 5.0%
Jan-2010 9.8% 5.0%
Feb-2010 9.8% 5.0%
Mar-2010 9.9% 5.0%
Apr-2010 9.9% 5.0%
May-2010 9.6% 5.0%
Jun-2010 9.4% 5.0%
Jul-2010 9.4% 5.0%
Aug-2010 9.5% 5.0%
Sep-2010 9.5% 5.0%
Oct-2010 9.4% 5.0%
Nov-2010 9.8% 5.0%
Dec-2010 9.3% 5.0%
Jan-2011 9.1% 5.0%
Feb-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Mar-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Apr-2011 9.1% 5.0%
May-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Jun-2011 9.1% 5.0%
Jul-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Aug-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Sep-2011 9.0% 5.0%
Oct-2011 8.8% 5.0%
Nov-2011 8.6% 5.0%
Dec-2011 8.5% 5.0%
Jan-2012 8.3% 5.0%
Feb-2012 8.3% 5.0%
Mar-2012 8.2% 5.0%
Apr-2012 8.2% 5.0%
May-2012 8.2% 5.0%
Jun-2012 8.2% 5.0%
Jul-2012 8.2% 5.0%
Aug-2012 8.1% 5.0%
Sep-2012 7.8% 5.0%
Oct-2012 7.8% 5.0%
Nov-2012 7.7% 5.0%
Dec-2012 7.9% 5.0%
Jan-2013 8.0% 5.0%
Feb-2013 7.7% 5.0%
Mar-2013 7.5% 5.0%
Apr-2013 7.6% 5.0%
May-2013 7.5% 5.0%
Jun-2013 7.5% 5.0%
Jul-2013 7.3% 5.0%
Aug-2013 7.2% 5.0%
Sep-2013 7.2% 5.0%
Oct-2013 7.2% 5.0%
Nov-2013 6.9% 5.0%
Dec-2013 6.7% 5.0%
Jan-2014 6.6% 5.0%
Feb-2014 6.7% 5.0%
Mar-2014 6.7% 5.0%
Apr-2014 6.2% 5.0%
May-2014 6.3% 5.0%
Jun-2014 6.1% 5.0%
Jul-2014 6.2% 5.0%
Aug-2014 6.1% 5.0%
Sep-2014 5.9% 5.0%
Oct-2014 5.7% 5.0%
Nov-2014 5.8% 5.0%
Dec-2014 5.6% 5.0%
Jan-2015 5.7% 5.0%
Feb-2015 5.5% 5.0%
Mar-2015 5.4% 5.0%
Apr-2015 5.4% 5.0%
May-2015 5.6% 5.0%
Jun-2015 5.3% 5.0%
Jul-2015 5.2% 5.0%
Aug-2015 5.1% 5.0%
Sep-2015 5.0% 5.0%
Oct-2015 5.0% 5.0%
Nov-2015 5.1% 5.0%
Dec-2015 5.0% 5.0%
Jan-2016 4.8% 5.0%
Feb-2016 4.9% 5.0%
Mar-2016 5.0% 5.0%
Apr-2016 5.1% 5.0%
May-2016 4.8% 5.0%
Jun-2016 4.9% 5.0%
Jul-2016 4.8% 5.0%
Aug-2016 4.9% 5.0%
Sep-2016 5.0% 5.0%
Oct-2016 4.9% 5.0%
Nov-2016 4.7% 5.0%
Dec-2016 4.7% 5.0%
Jan-2017 4.7% 5.0%
Feb-2017 4.6% 5.0%
Mar-2017 4.4% 5.0%
Apr-2017 4.5% 5.0%
May-2017 4.4% 5.0%
Jun-2017 4.3% 5.0%
Jul-2017 4.3% 5.0%
Aug-2017 4.4% 5.0%
Sep-2017 4.2% 5.0%
Oct-2017 4.1% 5.0%
Nov-2017 4.2% 5.0%
Dec-2017 4.1% 5.0%
Jan-2018 4.0% 5.0%
Feb-2018 4.1% 5.0%
Mar-2018 4.0% 5.0%
Apr-2018 4.0% 5.0%
May-2018 3.8% 5.0%
Jun-2018 4.0% 5.0%
Jul-2018 3.8% 5.0%
Aug-2018 3.8% 5.0%
Sep-2018 3.7% 5.0%
Oct-2018 3.8% 5.0%
Nov-2018 3.8% 5.0%
Dec-2018 3.9% 5.0%
Jan-2019 4.0% 5.0%
Feb-2019 3.8% 5.0%
Mar-2019 3.8% 5.0%
Apr-2019 3.7% 5.0%
May-2019 3.7% 5.0%
Jun-2019 3.6% 5.0%
Jul-2019 3.6% 5.0%
Aug-2019 3.7% 5.0%
Sep-2019 3.5% 5.0%
Oct-2019 3.6% 5.0%
Nov-2019 3.6% 5.0%
Dec-2019 3.6% 5.0%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey, public data series.

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