Economic indicators

Number of workers at each level of unemployment duration, by month, January 2023 – February 2026

date Less than 5 weeks 5–14 weeks 15–26 weeks 27–51 weeks 52 weeks and over
Jan-2023 1932 1817 918 371 723
Feb-2023 2251 1833 818 418 644
Mar-2023 2256 1743 797 388 679
Apr-2023 1881 1897 779 371 705
May-2023 2074 1859 912 434 717
Jun-2023 2105 1835 898 451 671
Jul-2023 1999 1757 958 496 694
Aug-2023 2179 1943 925 605 755
Sep-2023 2089 2031 1031 506 735
Oct-2023 2293 1835 1026 552 775
Nov-2023 2061 2058 971 531 635
Dec-2023 2221 1807 1067 544 729
Jan-2024 2135 1878 874 536 743
Feb-2024 2317 1932 974 429 790
Mar-2024 2186 1973 985 437 822
Apr-2024 2287 1968 886 534 715
May-2024 2302 1910 969 546 810
Jun-2024 2155 2111 1069 734 800
Jul-2024 2353 2180 1076 749 788
Aug-2024 2443 2044 1156 701 835
Sep-2024 2165 1958 1125 728 884
Oct-2024 2118 2081 1226 736 868
Nov-2024 2192 2060 1231 743 908
Dec-2024 2175 2014 1202 673 878
Jan-2025 2292 1956 1158 604 845
Feb-2025 2334 2161 1033 576 885
Mar-2025 2362 2154 1010 547 952
Apr-2025 2194 2262 993 704 968
May-2025 2456 2203 1042 547 917
Jun-2025 2254 2129 1064 655 996
Jul-2025 2304 2041 1166 768 1054
Aug-2025 2475 2058 1051 815 1109
Sep-2025 2232 2356 1286 711 1104
Oct-2025
Nov-2025 2540 2190 1190 766 1144
Dec-2025 2289 2069 1195 787 1161
Jan-2026 2166 2151 1202 646 1167
Feb-2026 2319 2078 1206 584 1315
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Notes: Data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for Less than 5 weeks, 5-14 weeks, 15-26 weeks, and 27+ weeks are provided by BLS. Seasonally adjusted data are not available for 52+ so we applied the ratio of not-seasonally adjusted 52+ to not-seasonally adjusted 27+ to the seasonally adjusted 27+ to impute a seasonally adjusted 52+. Seasonally adjusted data for 27-51 is estimated as the difference between our estimated 52+ seasonally adjust data and the 27+ seasonally adjusted data.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey public data series.

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