Figure
Long-term unemployment at historical highs: Share of labor force that has been jobless longer than six months, 1948–2013
| Date | Share of labor force that is long-term unemployed |
|---|---|
| 1948-01-01 | 0.213095% |
| 1948-02-01 | 0.199891% |
| 1948-03-01 | 0.183114% |
| 1948-04-01 | 0.179365% |
| 1948-05-01 | 0.181667% |
| 1948-06-01 | 0.193560% |
| 1948-07-01 | 0.174937% |
| 1948-08-01 | 0.210215% |
| 1948-09-01 | 0.208830% |
| 1948-10-01 | 0.224511% |
| 1948-11-01 | 0.156683% |
| 1948-12-01 | 0.161836% |
| 1949-01-01 | 0.171292% |
| 1949-02-01 | 0.212857% |
| 1949-03-01 | 0.189812% |
| 1949-04-01 | 0.258792% |
| 1949-05-01 | 0.313290% |
| 1949-06-01 | 0.409762% |
| 1949-07-01 | 0.504078% |
| 1949-08-01 | 0.549789% |
| 1949-09-01 | 0.575234% |
| 1949-10-01 | 0.593682% |
| 1949-11-01 | 0.692945% |
| 1949-12-01 | 0.660167% |
| 1950-01-01 | 0.645915% |
| 1950-02-01 | 0.658759% |
| 1950-03-01 | 0.686491% |
| 1950-04-01 | 0.756832% |
| 1950-05-01 | 0.669204% |
| 1950-06-01 | 0.677038% |
| 1950-07-01 | 0.543968% |
| 1950-08-01 | 0.475780% |
| 1950-09-01 | 0.477694% |
| 1950-10-01 | 0.447388% |
| 1950-11-01 | 0.417248% |
| 1950-12-01 | 0.349465% |
| 1951-01-01 | 0.289288% |
| 1951-02-01 | 0.320585% |
| 1951-03-01 | 0.244686% |
| 1951-04-01 | 0.226369% |
| 1951-05-01 | 0.209434% |
| 1951-06-01 | 0.186510% |
| 1951-07-01 | 0.204578% |
| 1951-08-01 | 0.188865% |
| 1951-09-01 | 0.191003% |
| 1951-10-01 | 0.159202% |
| 1951-11-01 | 0.249940% |
| 1951-12-01 | 0.164871% |
| 1952-01-01 | 0.166782% |
| 1952-02-01 | 0.140953% |
| 1952-03-01 | 0.140847% |
| 1952-04-01 | 0.191037% |
| 1952-05-01 | 0.133647% |
| 1952-06-01 | 0.109488% |
| 1952-07-01 | 0.108195% |
| 1952-08-01 | 0.100234% |
| 1952-09-01 | 0.102497% |
| 1952-10-01 | 0.142027% |
| 1952-11-01 | 0.107245% |
| 1952-12-01 | 0.166023% |
| 1953-01-01 | 0.137233% |
| 1953-02-01 | 0.127421% |
| 1953-03-01 | 0.131874% |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.110688% |
| 1953-05-01 | 0.076601% |
| 1953-06-01 | 0.147479% |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.114249% |
| 1953-08-01 | 0.105099% |
| 1953-09-01 | 0.108465% |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.105059% |
| 1953-11-01 | 0.152635% |
| 1953-12-01 | 0.178347% |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.231787% |
| 1954-02-01 | 0.237571% |
| 1954-03-01 | 0.363847% |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.435280% |
| 1954-05-01 | 0.498052% |
| 1954-06-01 | 0.500110% |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.520232% |
| 1954-08-01 | 0.659600% |
| 1954-09-01 | 0.671318% |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.709930% |
| 1954-11-01 | 0.671803% |
| 1954-12-01 | 0.620157% |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.658718% |
| 1955-02-01 | 0.689103% |
| 1955-03-01 | 0.601532% |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.620396% |
| 1955-05-01 | 0.550194% |
| 1955-06-01 | 0.519098% |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.456123% |
| 1955-08-01 | 0.419457% |
| 1955-09-01 | 0.380680% |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.370612% |
| 1955-11-01 | 0.416364% |
| 1955-12-01 | 0.430444% |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.378211% |
| 1956-02-01 | 0.417385% |
| 1956-03-01 | 0.363922% |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.309355% |
| 1956-05-01 | 0.301042% |
| 1956-06-01 | 0.278410% |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.308855% |
| 1956-08-01 | 0.352445% |
| 1956-09-01 | 0.362612% |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.371060% |
| 1956-11-01 | 0.355840% |
| 1956-12-01 | 0.388230% |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.268189% |
| 1957-02-01 | 0.336459% |
| 1957-03-01 | 0.325645% |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.349661% |
| 1957-05-01 | 0.358203% |
| 1957-06-01 | 0.387354% |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.377347% |
| 1957-08-01 | 0.347795% |
| 1957-09-01 | 0.329413% |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.436694% |
| 1957-11-01 | 0.413100% |
| 1957-12-01 | 0.385596% |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.444259% |
| 1958-02-01 | 0.517742% |
| 1958-03-01 | 0.523226% |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.757183% |
| 1958-05-01 | 0.842034% |
| 1958-06-01 | 1.044344% |
| 1958-07-01 | 1.236134% |
| 1958-08-01 | 1.413313% |
| 1958-09-01 | 1.493611% |
| 1958-10-01 | 1.366341% |
| 1958-11-01 | 1.218594% |
| 1958-12-01 | 1.218578% |
| 1959-01-01 | 1.179290% |
| 1959-02-01 | 1.081576% |
| 1959-03-01 | 0.999574% |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.924745% |
| 1959-05-01 | 0.843752% |
| 1959-06-01 | 0.802378% |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.722227% |
| 1959-08-01 | 0.704133% |
| 1959-09-01 | 0.650696% |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.649370% |
| 1959-11-01 | 0.696737% |
| 1959-12-01 | 0.676419% |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.674451% |
| 1960-02-01 | 0.622407% |
| 1960-03-01 | 0.643106% |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.619324% |
| 1960-05-01 | 0.558539% |
| 1960-06-01 | 0.566183% |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.573699% |
| 1960-08-01 | 0.586930% |
| 1960-09-01 | 0.664395% |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.810087% |
| 1960-11-01 | 0.781061% |
| 1960-12-01 | 0.785927% |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.908252% |
| 1961-02-01 | 0.943959% |
| 1961-03-01 | 0.982279% |
| 1961-04-01 | 1.143623% |
| 1961-05-01 | 1.221645% |
| 1961-06-01 | 1.308812% |
| 1961-07-01 | 1.404021% |
| 1961-08-01 | 1.274986% |
| 1961-09-01 | 1.203224% |
| 1961-10-01 | 1.165974% |
| 1961-11-01 | 1.088439% |
| 1961-12-01 | 1.051732% |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.960046% |
| 1962-02-01 | 0.970115% |
| 1962-03-01 | 0.907348% |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.887111% |
| 1962-05-01 | 0.889412% |
| 1962-06-01 | 0.813366% |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.804087% |
| 1962-08-01 | 0.839224% |
| 1962-09-01 | 0.742675% |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.713520% |
| 1962-11-01 | 0.621364% |
| 1962-12-01 | 0.719140% |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.764292% |
| 1963-02-01 | 0.837284% |
| 1963-03-01 | 0.838877% |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.824774% |
| 1963-05-01 | 0.842595% |
| 1963-06-01 | 0.697408% |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.761566% |
| 1963-08-01 | 0.725132% |
| 1963-09-01 | 0.774635% |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.733402% |
| 1963-11-01 | 0.719544% |
| 1963-12-01 | 0.678605% |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.696662% |
| 1964-02-01 | 0.669968% |
| 1964-03-01 | 0.694550% |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.641647% |
| 1964-05-01 | 0.686826% |
| 1964-06-01 | 0.695005% |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.716448% |
| 1964-08-01 | 0.694302% |
| 1964-09-01 | 0.627601% |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.590771% |
| 1964-11-01 | 0.597544% |
| 1964-12-01 | 0.584341% |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.529194% |
| 1965-02-01 | 0.557669% |
| 1965-03-01 | 0.485358% |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.495997% |
| 1965-05-01 | 0.471248% |
| 1965-06-01 | 0.495462% |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.433410% |
| 1965-08-01 | 0.438056% |
| 1965-09-01 | 0.477820% |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.449078% |
| 1965-11-01 | 0.415803% |
| 1965-12-01 | 0.390594% |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.386044% |
| 1966-02-01 | 0.360043% |
| 1966-03-01 | 0.356820% |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.333329% |
| 1966-05-01 | 0.377568% |
| 1966-06-01 | 0.303927% |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.275959% |
| 1966-08-01 | 0.269528% |
| 1966-09-01 | 0.265461% |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.289965% |
| 1966-11-01 | 0.261168% |
| 1966-12-01 | 0.274352% |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.264937% |
| 1967-02-01 | 0.262666% |
| 1967-03-01 | 0.235818% |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.226701% |
| 1967-05-01 | 0.199356% |
| 1967-06-01 | 0.194082% |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.194997% |
| 1967-08-01 | 0.257298% |
| 1967-09-01 | 0.208055% |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.227578% |
| 1967-11-01 | 0.232737% |
| 1967-12-01 | 0.248427% |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.244956% |
| 1968-02-01 | 0.228748% |
| 1968-03-01 | 0.228722% |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.190425% |
| 1968-05-01 | 0.172558% |
| 1968-06-01 | 0.204654% |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.201289% |
| 1968-08-01 | 0.194049% |
| 1968-09-01 | 0.167381% |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.169801% |
| 1968-11-01 | 0.165379% |
| 1968-12-01 | 0.201369% |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.163557% |
| 1969-02-01 | 0.143768% |
| 1969-03-01 | 0.148577% |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.165685% |
| 1969-05-01 | 0.157294% |
| 1969-06-01 | 0.153635% |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.197927% |
| 1969-08-01 | 0.162712% |
| 1969-09-01 | 0.182049% |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.166900% |
| 1969-11-01 | 0.179359% |
| 1969-12-01 | 0.161723% |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.174509% |
| 1970-02-01 | 0.195945% |
| 1970-03-01 | 0.219373% |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.244029% |
| 1970-05-01 | 0.279983% |
| 1970-06-01 | 0.271647% |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.282442% |
| 1970-08-01 | 0.302924% |
| 1970-09-01 | 0.338681% |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.310880% |
| 1970-11-01 | 0.397262% |
| 1970-12-01 | 0.457855% |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.512484% |
| 1971-02-01 | 0.536020% |
| 1971-03-01 | 0.542729% |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.541011% |
| 1971-05-01 | 0.603993% |
| 1971-06-01 | 0.646279% |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.672478% |
| 1971-08-01 | 0.649312% |
| 1971-09-01 | 0.663939% |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.695671% |
| 1971-11-01 | 0.679477% |
| 1971-12-01 | 0.681138% |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.689302% |
| 1972-02-01 | 0.757144% |
| 1972-03-01 | 0.730416% |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.777253% |
| 1972-05-01 | 0.668349% |
| 1972-06-01 | 0.632242% |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.595545% |
| 1972-08-01 | 0.613294% |
| 1972-09-01 | 0.626880% |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.596149% |
| 1972-11-01 | 0.536487% |
| 1972-12-01 | 0.517816% |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.468641% |
| 1973-02-01 | 0.421158% |
| 1973-03-01 | 0.436853% |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.381585% |
| 1973-05-01 | 0.392104% |
| 1973-06-01 | 0.362991% |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.314592% |
| 1973-08-01 | 0.373009% |
| 1973-09-01 | 0.328398% |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.372654% |
| 1973-11-01 | 0.385905% |
| 1973-12-01 | 0.361194% |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.364203% |
| 1974-02-01 | 0.365263% |
| 1974-03-01 | 0.360719% |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.387516% |
| 1974-05-01 | 0.388489% |
| 1974-06-01 | 0.399430% |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.419735% |
| 1974-08-01 | 0.421332% |
| 1974-09-01 | 0.422817% |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.429991% |
| 1974-11-01 | 0.463742% |
| 1974-12-01 | 0.580079% |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.671170% |
| 1975-02-01 | 0.773797% |
| 1975-03-01 | 0.826136% |
| 1975-04-01 | 1.033614% |
| 1975-05-01 | 1.160523% |
| 1975-06-01 | 1.394290% |
| 1975-07-01 | 1.490632% |
| 1975-08-01 | 1.561390% |
| 1975-09-01 | 1.692438% |
| 1975-10-01 | 1.533687% |
| 1975-11-01 | 1.744285% |
| 1975-12-01 | 1.678556% |
| 1976-01-01 | 1.663930% |
| 1976-02-01 | 1.614194% |
| 1976-03-01 | 1.536050% |
| 1976-04-01 | 1.474235% |
| 1976-05-01 | 1.273067% |
| 1976-06-01 | 1.409918% |
| 1976-07-01 | 1.294599% |
| 1976-08-01 | 1.322082% |
| 1976-09-01 | 1.244985% |
| 1976-10-01 | 1.271747% |
| 1976-11-01 | 1.313963% |
| 1976-12-01 | 1.369568% |
| 1977-01-01 | 1.245526% |
| 1977-02-01 | 1.232472% |
| 1977-03-01 | 1.185876% |
| 1977-04-01 | 1.140344% |
| 1977-05-01 | 1.084113% |
| 1977-06-01 | 1.035391% |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.983723% |
| 1977-08-01 | 0.903602% |
| 1977-09-01 | 0.943121% |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.914362% |
| 1977-11-01 | 0.890931% |
| 1977-12-01 | 0.853799% |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.806228% |
| 1978-02-01 | 0.661647% |
| 1978-03-01 | 0.706071% |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.669726% |
| 1978-05-01 | 0.679190% |
| 1978-06-01 | 0.624823% |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.642584% |
| 1978-08-01 | 0.597085% |
| 1978-09-01 | 0.606986% |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.578242% |
| 1978-11-01 | 0.514921% |
| 1978-12-01 | 0.491178% |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.512539% |
| 1979-02-01 | 0.528285% |
| 1979-03-01 | 0.565841% |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.526765% |
| 1979-05-01 | 0.498849% |
| 1979-06-01 | 0.498026% |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.447615% |
| 1979-08-01 | 0.508112% |
| 1979-09-01 | 0.504208% |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.501547% |
| 1979-11-01 | 0.521158% |
| 1979-12-01 | 0.511971% |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.514506% |
| 1980-02-01 | 0.476159% |
| 1980-03-01 | 0.583824% |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.647677% |
| 1980-05-01 | 0.671668% |
| 1980-06-01 | 0.724257% |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.825659% |
| 1980-08-01 | 0.868680% |
| 1980-09-01 | 0.901548% |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.986937% |
| 1980-11-01 | 1.053777% |
| 1980-12-01 | 1.068259% |
| 1981-01-01 | 1.169488% |
| 1981-02-01 | 1.150285% |
| 1981-03-01 | 1.120595% |
| 1981-04-01 | 1.039409% |
| 1981-05-01 | 1.051505% |
| 1981-06-01 | 1.037021% |
| 1981-07-01 | 1.000239% |
| 1981-08-01 | 1.070473% |
| 1981-09-01 | 1.028225% |
| 1981-10-01 | 1.040453% |
| 1981-11-01 | 1.046953% |
| 1981-12-01 | 1.074736% |
| 1982-01-01 | 1.087086% |
| 1982-02-01 | 1.168570% |
| 1982-03-01 | 1.238599% |
| 1982-04-01 | 1.366533% |
| 1982-05-01 | 1.462396% |
| 1982-06-01 | 1.621627% |
| 1982-07-01 | 1.646762% |
| 1982-08-01 | 1.687497% |
| 1982-09-01 | 1.820429% |
| 1982-10-01 | 2.028101% |
| 1982-11-01 | 2.104619% |
| 1982-12-01 | 2.308704% |
| 1983-01-01 | 2.407148% |
| 1983-02-01 | 2.455163% |
| 1983-03-01 | 2.486350% |
| 1983-04-01 | 2.450692% |
| 1983-05-01 | 2.484416% |
| 1983-06-01 | 2.582464% |
| 1983-07-01 | 2.319862% |
| 1983-08-01 | 2.251992% |
| 1983-09-01 | 2.171476% |
| 1983-10-01 | 2.034598% |
| 1983-11-01 | 1.930426% |
| 1983-12-01 | 1.834430% |
| 1984-01-01 | 1.816627% |
| 1984-02-01 | 1.628384% |
| 1984-03-01 | 1.579639% |
| 1984-04-01 | 1.560855% |
| 1984-05-01 | 1.488150% |
| 1984-06-01 | 1.385653% |
| 1984-07-01 | 1.395508% |
| 1984-08-01 | 1.331880% |
| 1984-09-01 | 1.273801% |
| 1984-10-01 | 1.251985% |
| 1984-11-01 | 1.245642% |
| 1984-12-01 | 1.215819% |
| 1985-01-01 | 1.145580% |
| 1985-02-01 | 1.170049% |
| 1985-03-01 | 1.169535% |
| 1985-04-01 | 1.194905% |
| 1985-05-01 | 1.071277% |
| 1985-06-01 | 1.115174% |
| 1985-07-01 | 1.099397% |
| 1985-08-01 | 1.059780% |
| 1985-09-01 | 1.063270% |
| 1985-10-01 | 1.032633% |
| 1985-11-01 | 1.116823% |
| 1985-12-01 | 1.035570% |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.931265% |
| 1986-02-01 | 1.012210% |
| 1986-03-01 | 1.000648% |
| 1986-04-01 | 1.000187% |
| 1986-05-01 | 0.993392% |
| 1986-06-01 | 1.083919% |
| 1986-07-01 | 1.027331% |
| 1986-08-01 | 1.009075% |
| 1986-09-01 | 1.044322% |
| 1986-10-01 | 1.024680% |
| 1986-11-01 | 0.981879% |
| 1986-12-01 | 0.969785% |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.958708% |
| 1987-02-01 | 0.934415% |
| 1987-03-01 | 0.939987% |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.904571% |
| 1987-05-01 | 0.927030% |
| 1987-06-01 | 0.898281% |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.819727% |
| 1987-08-01 | 0.868799% |
| 1987-09-01 | 0.823961% |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.793499% |
| 1987-11-01 | 0.768101% |
| 1987-12-01 | 0.745545% |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.718378% |
| 1988-02-01 | 0.733085% |
| 1988-03-01 | 0.701348% |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.668041% |
| 1988-05-01 | 0.698769% |
| 1988-06-01 | 0.662644% |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.653928% |
| 1988-08-01 | 0.651287% |
| 1988-09-01 | 0.666628% |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.628632% |
| 1988-11-01 | 0.573260% |
| 1988-12-01 | 0.602827% |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.593462% |
| 1989-02-01 | 0.515627% |
| 1989-03-01 | 0.543536% |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.580153% |
| 1989-05-01 | 0.513419% |
| 1989-06-01 | 0.494191% |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.500641% |
| 1989-08-01 | 0.451304% |
| 1989-09-01 | 0.483419% |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.520200% |
| 1989-11-01 | 0.525632% |
| 1989-12-01 | 0.510175% |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.513624% |
| 1990-02-01 | 0.496428% |
| 1990-03-01 | 0.506194% |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.516440% |
| 1990-05-01 | 0.511306% |
| 1990-06-01 | 0.509197% |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.546878% |
| 1990-08-01 | 0.579443% |
| 1990-09-01 | 0.620467% |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.617519% |
| 1990-11-01 | 0.660880% |
| 1990-12-01 | 0.659147% |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.689403% |
| 1991-02-01 | 0.717324% |
| 1991-03-01 | 0.753220% |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.773815% |
| 1991-05-01 | 0.827409% |
| 1991-06-01 | 0.876943% |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.878104% |
| 1991-08-01 | 0.925941% |
| 1991-09-01 | 0.940483% |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.974820% |
| 1991-11-01 | 1.085781% |
| 1991-12-01 | 1.187581% |
| 1992-01-01 | 1.275322% |
| 1992-02-01 | 1.339991% |
| 1992-03-01 | 1.388442% |
| 1992-04-01 | 1.370689% |
| 1992-05-01 | 1.549709% |
| 1992-06-01 | 1.673100% |
| 1992-07-01 | 1.651672% |
| 1992-08-01 | 1.610960% |
| 1992-09-01 | 1.642367% |
| 1992-10-01 | 1.712470% |
| 1992-11-01 | 1.550038% |
| 1992-12-01 | 1.598806% |
| 1993-01-01 | 1.531522% |
| 1993-02-01 | 1.483977% |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.404540% |
| 1993-04-01 | 1.271233% |
| 1993-05-01 | 1.374656% |
| 1993-06-01 | 1.379928% |
| 1993-07-01 | 1.367947% |
| 1993-08-01 | 1.365182% |
| 1993-09-01 | 1.358723% |
| 1993-10-01 | 1.394736% |
| 1993-11-01 | 1.387176% |
| 1993-12-01 | 1.370348% |
| 1994-01-01 | 1.327013% |
| 1994-02-01 | 1.347170% |
| 1994-03-01 | 1.365900% |
| 1994-04-01 | 1.338105% |
| 1994-05-01 | 1.296497% |
| 1994-06-01 | 1.210033% |
| 1994-07-01 | 1.195433% |
| 1994-08-01 | 1.194682% |
| 1994-09-01 | 1.174089% |
| 1994-10-01 | 1.207370% |
| 1994-11-01 | 1.113932% |
| 1994-12-01 | 1.036108% |
| 1995-01-01 | 1.015252% |
| 1995-02-01 | 0.928450% |
| 1995-03-01 | 1.012946% |
| 1995-04-01 | 1.066270% |
| 1995-05-01 | 0.997476% |
| 1995-06-01 | 0.936415% |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.944687% |
| 1995-08-01 | 0.932716% |
| 1995-09-01 | 0.951038% |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.918917% |
| 1995-11-01 | 0.945046% |
| 1995-12-01 | 0.916261% |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.911710% |
| 1996-02-01 | 0.903517% |
| 1996-03-01 | 0.998731% |
| 1996-04-01 | 1.010222% |
| 1996-05-01 | 1.015991% |
| 1996-06-01 | 1.024904% |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.995173% |
| 1996-08-01 | 0.943171% |
| 1996-09-01 | 0.902636% |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.877238% |
| 1996-11-01 | 0.848531% |
| 1996-12-01 | 0.854676% |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.849103% |
| 1997-02-01 | 0.819394% |
| 1997-03-01 | 0.807792% |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.812811% |
| 1997-05-01 | 0.771812% |
| 1997-06-01 | 0.789818% |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.790108% |
| 1997-08-01 | 0.786629% |
| 1997-09-01 | 0.785840% |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.756617% |
| 1997-11-01 | 0.684791% |
| 1997-12-01 | 0.717981% |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.725880% |
| 1998-02-01 | 0.698000% |
| 1998-03-01 | 0.668380% |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.643436% |
| 1998-05-01 | 0.610599% |
| 1998-06-01 | 0.573893% |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.597078% |
| 1998-08-01 | 0.594580% |
| 1998-09-01 | 0.662410% |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.620337% |
| 1998-11-01 | 0.632326% |
| 1998-12-01 | 0.579557% |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.513776% |
| 1999-02-01 | 0.576599% |
| 1999-03-01 | 0.514420% |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.501927% |
| 1999-05-01 | 0.516116% |
| 1999-06-01 | 0.582931% |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.525285% |
| 1999-08-01 | 0.506402% |
| 1999-09-01 | 0.507876% |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.517835% |
| 1999-11-01 | 0.487056% |
| 1999-12-01 | 0.485177% |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.506929% |
| 2000-02-01 | 0.441670% |
| 2000-03-01 | 0.453098% |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.419215% |
| 2000-05-01 | 0.451447% |
| 2000-06-01 | 0.439954% |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.490872% |
| 2000-08-01 | 0.497547% |
| 2000-09-01 | 0.453333% |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.439550% |
| 2000-11-01 | 0.414859% |
| 2000-12-01 | 0.448183% |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.470248% |
| 2001-02-01 | 0.496806% |
| 2001-03-01 | 0.483186% |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.495270% |
| 2001-05-01 | 0.435332% |
| 2001-06-01 | 0.495679% |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.489018% |
| 2001-08-01 | 0.598234% |
| 2001-09-01 | 0.568817% |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.630742% |
| 2001-11-01 | 0.766921% |
| 2001-12-01 | 0.780184% |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.835829% |
| 2002-02-01 | 0.839517% |
| 2002-03-01 | 0.920199% |
| 2002-04-01 | 1.006341% |
| 2002-05-01 | 1.086019% |
| 2002-06-01 | 1.133264% |
| 2002-07-01 | 1.094399% |
| 2002-08-01 | 1.084506% |
| 2002-09-01 | 1.085381% |
| 2002-10-01 | 1.137443% |
| 2002-11-01 | 1.201754% |
| 2002-12-01 | 1.325763% |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.205314% |
| 2003-02-01 | 1.276258% |
| 2003-03-01 | 1.231566% |
| 2003-04-01 | 1.315933% |
| 2003-05-01 | 1.316894% |
| 2003-06-01 | 1.428630% |
| 2003-07-01 | 1.346599% |
| 2003-08-01 | 1.361487% |
| 2003-09-01 | 1.374050% |
| 2003-10-01 | 1.335033% |
| 2003-11-01 | 1.364542% |
| 2003-12-01 | 1.315521% |
| 2004-01-01 | 1.300974% |
| 2004-02-01 | 1.265590% |
| 2004-03-01 | 1.350468% |
| 2004-04-01 | 1.229304% |
| 2004-05-01 | 1.223343% |
| 2004-06-01 | 1.253317% |
| 2004-07-01 | 1.138287% |
| 2004-08-01 | 1.110795% |
| 2004-09-01 | 1.154431% |
| 2004-10-01 | 1.175173% |
| 2004-11-01 | 1.148696% |
| 2004-12-01 | 1.116228% |
| 2005-01-01 | 1.113295% |
| 2005-02-01 | 1.097220% |
| 2005-03-01 | 1.119489% |
| 2005-04-01 | 1.080526% |
| 2005-05-01 | 1.030299% |
| 2005-06-01 | 0.921959% |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.923633% |
| 2005-08-01 | 0.938776% |
| 2005-09-01 | 0.959365% |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.947653% |
| 2005-11-01 | 0.912786% |
| 2005-12-01 | 0.903892% |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.779267% |
| 2006-02-01 | 0.896016% |
| 2006-03-01 | 0.868198% |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.881918% |
| 2006-05-01 | 0.882051% |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.756970% |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.861642% |
| 2006-08-01 | 0.860530% |
| 2006-09-01 | 0.820661% |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.708768% |
| 2006-11-01 | 0.742048% |
| 2006-12-01 | 0.715801% |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.745693% |
| 2007-02-01 | 0.816287% |
| 2007-03-01 | 0.813619% |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.790814% |
| 2007-05-01 | 0.740925% |
| 2007-06-01 | 0.746917% |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.843934% |
| 2007-08-01 | 0.815530% |
| 2007-09-01 | 0.823732% |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.846739% |
| 2007-11-01 | 0.893095% |
| 2007-12-01 | 0.860478% |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.902013% |
| 2008-02-01 | 0.865099% |
| 2008-03-01 | 0.859442% |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.891575% |
| 2008-05-01 | 1.010735% |
| 2008-06-01 | 1.020600% |
| 2008-07-01 | 1.078188% |
| 2008-08-01 | 1.206697% |
| 2008-09-01 | 1.311253% |
| 2008-10-01 | 1.470806% |
| 2008-11-01 | 1.435150% |
| 2008-12-01 | 1.687485% |
| 2009-01-01 | 1.751437% |
| 2009-02-01 | 1.941339% |
| 2009-03-01 | 2.114425% |
| 2009-04-01 | 2.428196% |
| 2009-05-01 | 2.563656% |
| 2009-06-01 | 2.805589% |
| 2009-07-01 | 3.184936% |
| 2009-08-01 | 3.266812% |
| 2009-09-01 | 3.571336% |
| 2009-10-01 | 3.667715% |
| 2009-11-01 | 3.844177% |
| 2009-12-01 | 3.996527% |
| 2010-01-01 | 4.122088% |
| 2010-02-01 | 4.013791% |
| 2010-03-01 | 4.272627% |
| 2010-04-01 | 4.388979% |
| 2010-05-01 | 4.313417% |
| 2010-06-01 | 4.291600% |
| 2010-07-01 | 4.218965% |
| 2010-08-01 | 4.046764% |
| 2010-09-01 | 3.995116% |
| 2010-10-01 | 4.053913% |
| 2010-11-01 | 4.104366% |
| 2010-12-01 | 4.185078% |
| 2011-01-01 | 4.054547% |
| 2011-02-01 | 3.896138% |
| 2011-03-01 | 4.010329% |
| 2011-04-01 | 3.847307% |
| 2011-05-01 | 4.013426% |
| 2011-06-01 | 4.046092% |
| 2011-07-11 | 4.006497% |
| 2011-08-20 | 3.902226% |
| 2011-09-01 | 4.067088% |
| 2011-10-11 | 3.804609% |
| 2011-11-20 | 3.690543% |
| 2011-12-30 | 3.638679% |
| 2012-01-12 | 3.575775% |
| 2012-02-12 | 3.458660% |
| 2012-03-12 | 3.418362% |
| 2012-04-12 | 3.305282% |
| 2012-05-12 | 3.480529% |
| 2012-06-12 | 3.436096% |
| 2012-07-12 | 3.333699% |
| 2012-08-12 | 3.233625% |
| 2012-09-12 | 3.144816% |
| 2012-10-12 | 3.226180% |
| 2012-11-12 | 3.071343% |
| 2012-12-12 | 3.070587% |
| 2013-01-12 | 3.021414% |
| 2013-02-12 | 3.056353% |
| 2013-03-12 | 2.950583% |
| 2013-04-12 | 2.806746% |
| 2013-05-12 | 2.798421% |
| 2013-06-12 | 2.775906% |
| 2013-07-12 | 2.727197% |
| 2013-08-12 | 2.746804% |
| 2013-09-12 | 2.653535% |
| 2013-10-12 | 2.615372% |
| 2013-11-12 | 2.604781% |
| 2013-12-12 | 2.503939% |
Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey data
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