Jobs Day

A more comprehensive measure of slack in the labor market: The number of underemployed workers, including the unemployed, involuntary part-time workers due to economic reasons, and the marginally attached, 2000–2014

Date Unemployed Part time for economic reasons Marginally attached
1994-01-01 8.630000 4.947000 2.078603
1994-02-01 8.583000 4.677000 1.846801
1994-03-01 8.470000 4.890000 1.699323
1994-04-01 8.331000 4.752000 1.741613
1994-05-01 7.915000 4.836000 1.539386
1994-06-01 7.927000 4.816000 1.670201
1994-07-01 7.946000 4.505000 1.711942
1994-08-01 7.933000 4.359000 1.666899
1994-09-01 7.734000 4.332000 1.787705
1994-10-01 7.632000 4.472000 1.633926
1994-11-01 7.375000 4.468000 1.644039
1994-12-01 7.230000 4.440000 1.694556
1995-01-01 7.375000 4.550000 1.718125
1995-02-01 7.187000 4.397000 1.659695
1995-03-01 7.153000 4.451000 1.636728
1995-04-01 7.645000 4.428000 1.317778
1995-05-01 7.430000 4.513000 1.380111
1995-06-01 7.427000 4.489000 1.569354
1995-07-01 7.527000 4.436000 1.561338
1995-08-01 7.484000 4.513000 1.374000
1995-09-01 7.478000 4.580000 1.485774
1995-10-01 7.328000 4.462000 1.497097
1995-11-01 7.426000 4.489000 1.496000
1995-12-01 7.423000 4.434000 1.549000
1996-01-01 7.491000 4.022000 1.644532
1996-02-01 7.313000 4.420000 1.735778
1996-03-01 7.318000 4.429000 1.446386
1996-04-01 7.415000 4.464000 1.474463
1996-05-01 7.423000 4.327000 1.346289
1996-06-01 7.095000 4.312000 1.579549
1996-07-01 7.337000 4.358000 1.473475
1996-08-01 6.882000 4.391000 1.316452
1996-09-01 6.979000 4.382000 1.416567
1996-10-01 7.031000 4.372000 1.412333
1996-11-01 7.236000 4.025000 1.427399
1996-12-01 7.253000 4.365000 1.345564
1997-01-01 7.158000 4.189000 1.529651
1997-02-01 7.102000 4.242000 1.527152
1997-03-01 7.000000 4.112000 1.379627
1997-04-01 6.873000 4.396000 1.370564
1997-05-01 6.655000 4.032000 1.416088
1997-06-01 6.799000 3.998000 1.304351
1997-07-01 6.655000 4.040000 1.140068
1997-08-01 6.608000 4.049000 1.194910
1997-09-01 6.656000 4.004000 1.348001
1997-10-01 6.454000 3.973000 1.146476
1997-11-01 6.308000 3.962000 1.197124
1997-12-01 6.476000 3.848000 1.306790
1998-01-01 6.368000 3.922000 1.338314
1998-02-01 6.306000 3.866000 1.468878
1998-03-01 6.422000 3.859000 1.361162
1998-04-01 5.941000 3.775000 1.214821
1998-05-01 6.047000 3.727000 1.170888
1998-06-01 6.212000 3.766000 1.107043
1998-07-01 6.259000 3.796000 1.185667
1998-08-01 6.179000 3.537000 1.250761
1998-09-01 6.300000 3.448000 1.277518
1998-10-01 6.280000 3.433000 1.163516
1998-11-01 6.100000 3.339000 1.166537
1998-12-01 6.032000 3.420000 1.173359
1999-01-01 5.976000 3.449000 1.384866
1999-02-01 6.111000 3.425000 1.261602
1999-03-01 5.783000 3.550000 1.310043
1999-04-01 6.004000 3.443000 1.205502
1999-05-01 5.796000 3.393000 1.193216
1999-06-01 5.951000 3.411000 1.175865
1999-07-01 6.025000 3.350000 1.170730
1999-08-01 5.838000 3.286000 1.137343
1999-09-01 5.915000 3.279000 1.228972
1999-10-01 5.778000 3.153000 1.220379
1999-11-01 5.716000 3.225000 1.077260
1999-12-01 5.653000 3.283000 1.094183
2000-01-01 5.708000 3.208000 1.275519
2000-02-01 5.858000 3.167000 1.327405
2000-03-01 5.733000 3.231000 1.236614
2000-04-01 5.481000 3.186000 1.270482
2000-05-01 5.758000 3.283000 1.150213
2000-06-01 5.651000 3.209000 1.205774
2000-07-01 5.747000 3.144000 1.148882
2000-08-01 5.853000 3.211000 1.135161
2000-09-01 5.625000 3.217000 1.219634
2000-10-01 5.534000 3.179000 1.057185
2000-11-01 5.639000 3.467000 1.124038
2000-12-01 5.634000 3.243000 1.081753
2001-01-01 6.023000 3.332000 1.232441
2001-02-01 6.089000 3.296000 1.348676
2001-03-01 6.141000 3.280000 1.170930
2001-04-01 6.271000 3.289000 1.149222
2001-05-01 6.226000 3.439000 1.171730
2001-06-01 6.484000 3.792000 1.139200
2001-07-01 6.583000 3.556000 1.156195
2001-08-01 7.042000 3.380000 1.288273
2001-09-01 7.142000 4.233000 1.261726
2001-10-01 7.694000 4.437000 1.399116
2001-11-01 8.003000 4.317000 1.367168
2001-12-01 8.258000 4.393000 1.329956
2002-01-01 8.184000 4.112000 1.517210
2002-02-01 8.221000 4.289000 1.361994
2002-03-01 8.290000 4.101000 1.312249
2002-04-01 8.582000 4.199000 1.390560
2002-05-01 8.387000 4.103000 1.412122
2002-06-01 8.388000 4.048000 1.458878
2002-07-01 8.392000 4.145000 1.509159
2002-08-01 8.311000 4.301000 1.448602
2002-09-01 8.257000 4.329000 1.535027
2002-10-01 8.312000 4.314000 1.465398
2002-11-01 8.533000 4.329000 1.338027
2002-12-01 8.665000 4.321000 1.366871
2003-01-01 8.513000 4.607000 1.636667
2003-02-01 8.632000 4.844000 1.589786
2003-03-01 8.543000 4.652000 1.558556
2003-04-01 8.816000 4.798000 1.474163
2003-05-01 8.933000 4.570000 1.436237
2003-06-01 9.246000 4.592000 1.456754
2003-07-01 9.027000 4.648000 1.577038
2003-08-01 8.902000 4.419000 1.635763
2003-09-01 8.945000 4.882000 1.578813
2003-10-01 8.730000 4.813000 1.583327
2003-11-01 8.610000 4.862000 1.368222
2003-12-01 8.373000 4.750000 1.398927
2004-01-01 8.370000 4.705000 1.623039
2004-02-01 8.167000 4.549000 1.677489
2004-03-01 8.491000 4.742000 1.623778
2004-04-01 8.170000 4.568000 1.503982
2004-05-01 8.212000 4.588000 1.458124
2004-06-01 8.286000 4.443000 1.414033
2004-07-01 8.136000 4.449000 1.597503
2004-08-01 7.990000 4.474000 1.552894
2004-09-01 7.927000 4.487000 1.592623
2004-10-01 8.061000 4.820000 1.611208
2004-11-01 7.932000 4.547000 1.598589
2004-12-01 7.934000 4.427000 1.388137
2005-01-01 7.784000 4.389000 1.757108
2005-02-01 7.980000 4.250000 1.728716
2005-03-01 7.737000 4.388000 1.516591
2005-04-01 7.672000 4.278000 1.431849
2005-05-01 7.651000 4.315000 1.446915
2005-06-01 7.524000 4.432000 1.621341
2005-07-01 7.406000 4.400000 1.473702
2005-08-01 7.345000 4.491000 1.640319
2005-09-01 7.553000 4.675000 1.393253
2005-10-01 7.453000 4.269000 1.454641
2005-11-01 7.566000 4.219000 1.391736
2005-12-01 7.279000 4.115000 1.650619
2006-01-01 7.064000 4.123000 1.562201
2006-02-01 7.184000 4.174000 1.414677
2006-03-01 7.072000 3.972000 1.440813
2006-04-01 7.120000 3.900000 1.307248
2006-05-01 6.980000 4.111000 1.412481
2006-06-01 7.001000 4.318000 1.522638
2006-07-01 7.175000 4.303000 1.518082
2006-08-01 7.091000 4.195000 1.591860
2006-09-01 6.847000 4.115000 1.272783
2006-10-01 6.727000 4.352000 1.512377
2006-11-01 6.872000 4.190000 1.395959
2006-12-01 6.762000 4.187000 1.212625
2007-01-01 7.116000 4.279000 1.603817
2007-02-01 6.927000 4.220000 1.522536
2007-03-01 6.731000 4.253000 1.369652
2007-04-01 6.850000 4.313000 1.456157
2007-05-01 6.766000 4.473000 1.394181
2007-06-01 6.979000 4.342000 1.506528
2007-07-01 7.149000 4.410000 1.416524
2007-08-01 7.067000 4.576000 1.296852
2007-09-01 7.170000 4.521000 1.305432
2007-10-01 7.237000 4.325000 1.425079
2007-11-01 7.240000 4.494000 1.297096
2007-12-01 7.645000 4.618000 1.405465
2008-01-01 7.685000 4.846000 1.809247
2008-02-01 7.497000 4.902000 1.571176
2008-03-01 7.822000 4.904000 1.407732
2008-04-01 7.637000 5.220000 1.420427
2008-05-01 8.395000 5.286000 1.424575
2008-06-01 8.575000 5.540000 1.635720
2008-07-01 8.937000 5.930000 1.510888
2008-08-01 9.438000 5.851000 1.583215
2008-09-01 9.494000 6.148000 1.528876
2008-10-01 10.074000 6.690000 1.713569
2008-11-01 10.538000 7.311000 1.871153
2008-12-01 11.286000 8.029000 1.988519
2009-01-01 12.058000 8.046000 2.090699
2009-02-01 12.898000 8.796000 2.117660
2009-03-01 13.426000 9.145000 2.116406
2009-04-01 13.853000 8.908000 2.147361
2009-05-01 14.499000 9.113000 2.300904
2009-06-01 14.707000 9.024000 2.152263
2009-07-01 14.601000 8.891000 2.208526
2009-08-01 14.814000 9.029000 2.312247
2009-09-01 15.009000 8.847000 2.200611
2009-10-01 15.352000 8.979000 2.371609
2009-11-01 15.219000 9.114000 2.388586
2009-12-01 15.098000 9.098000 2.395634
2010-01-01 15.016000 8.493000 2.542599
2010-02-01 15.078000 8.897000 2.595590
2010-03-01 15.192000 9.122000 2.239795
2010-04-01 15.281000 9.171000 2.389224
2010-05-01 14.856000 8.816000 2.290679
2010-06-01 14.475000 8.646000 2.666820
2010-07-01 14.542000 8.610000 2.646689
2010-08-01 14.673000 8.826000 2.304036
2010-09-01 14.577000 9.226000 2.479712
2010-10-01 14.584000 8.913000 2.602313
2010-11-01 15.094000 8.862000 2.519446
2010-12-01 14.354000 8.933000 2.660353
2011-01-01 13.910000 8.440000 2.758900
2011-02-01 13.858000 8.403000 2.695000
2011-03-01 13.748000 8.635000 2.387725
2011-04-01 13.944000 8.664000 2.522200
2011-05-01 13.873000 8.583000 2.139083
2011-06-01 13.971000 8.486000 2.666484
2011-07-01 13.785000 8.342000 2.860048
2011-08-01 13.820000 8.820000 2.514379
2011-09-01 13.905000 9.068000 2.555098
2011-10-01 13.604000 8.675000 2.612724
2011-11-01 13.326000 8.457000 2.668706
2011-12-01 13.090000 8.177000 2.511500
2012-01-01 12.650000 8.228000 2.856746
2012-02-01 12.883000 8.133000 2.597529
2012-03-01 12.732000 7.780000 2.263854
2012-04-01 12.603000 7.913000 2.401213
2012-05-01 12.689000 8.138000 2.470667
2012-06-01 12.702000 8.154000 2.469286
2012-07-01 12.698000 8.163000 2.619894
2012-08-01 12.464000 8.045000 2.611015
2012-09-01 12.070000 8.572000 2.515239
2012-10-01 12.138000 8.231000 2.364495
2012-11-01 12.045000 8.164000 2.512888
2012-12-01 12.273000 7.929000 2.555888
2013-01-01 12.315000 7.983000 2.479738
2013-02-01 12.047000 7.991000 2.567180
2013-03-01 11.706000 7.663000 2.360397
2013-04-01 11.683000 7.929000 2.303021
2013-05-01 11.690000 7.917000 2.165942
2013-06-01 11.747000 8.194000 2.547464
2013-07-01 11.408000 8.180000 2.384816
2013-08-01 11.256000 7.898000 2.297639
2013-09-01 11.203000 7.914000 2.346444
2013-10-01 11.140000 8.016000 2.349508
2013-11-01 10.841000 7.723000 2.046265
2013-12-01 10.351000 7.771000 2.502586
2014-01-01 10.236000 7.257000 2.577801
2014-02-01 10.459000 7.186000 2.261270
2014-03-01 10.486000 7.411000 2.226754
2014-04-01 9.753000 7.465000 2.165229
2014-05-01 9.799000 7.269000 2.183128
2014-06-01 9.474000 7.544000 2.071780
2014-07-01 9.671000 7.511000 2.110257
2014-08-01 9.591000 7.277000 2.098955
2014-09-01 9.262000 7.103000 2.297864
2014-10-01 8.995000 7.027000 2.203356
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