Economic indicators

Number of workers at each level of unemployment duration, by month, February 2020–March 2025

date Less than 5 weeks 5–14 weeks 15–26 weeks 27–51 weeks 52 weeks and over
Feb-20 2,088 1,780 789 429 681
Mar-20 3,422 1,845 784 402 738
Apr-20 14,263 7,066 782 418 492
May-20 3,867 14,806 1,061 620 527
Jun-20 2,909 11,522 1,917 697 658
Jul-20 3,140 5,145 6,468 768 776
Aug-20 2,316 3,105 6,506 809 823
Sep-20 2,557 2,735 4,918 1579 866
Oct-20 2,480 2,342 2,625 2798 793
Nov-20 2,491 2,440 1,886 3097 827
Dec-20 2,913 2,344 1,574 3150 817
Jan-21 2,287 2,472 1,349 3106 926
Feb-21 2,197 2,212 1,380 2909 1234
Mar-21 2,177 1,972 1,395 1892 2279
Apr-21 2,411 1,986 1,240 1416 2666
May-21 1,997 2,181 1,296 1061 2646
Jun-21 2,001 2,177 1,327 1073 2915
Jul-21 2,245 1,851 1,160 1001 2476
Aug-21 2,082 1,932 1,167 874 2315
Sep-21 2,249 1,728 1,001 789 1925
Oct-21 2,065 1,876 974 711 1660
Nov-21 1,993 1,679 884 637 1544
Dec-21 1,985 1,596 794 642 1351
Jan-22 2,469 1,610 850 440 1216
Feb-22 2,125 1,769 736 458 1231
Mar-22 2,302 1,706 614 361 1019
Apr-22 2,279 1,603 628 390 996
May-22 2,030 1,760 741 372 922
Jun-22 2,256 1,525 750 470 885
Jul-22 2,084 1,858 697 295 825
Aug-22 2,190 1,845 808 411 820
Sep-22 2,168 1,627 863 439 679
Oct-22 2,204 1,803 769 436 778
Nov-22 2,253 1,663 795 430 814
Dec-22 2,229 1,645 821 428 645
Jan-23 1,941 1,796 921 372 715
Feb-23 2,272 1,841 814 442 614
Mar-23 2,275 1,746 792 405 656
Apr-23 1,869 1,915 772 377 702
May-23 2,079 1,869 907 409 733
Jun-23 2,082 1,833 895 449 672
Jul-23 1,994 1,745 960 503 693
Aug-23 2,198 1,931 921 588 781
Sep-23 2,066 2,056 1,040 486 756
Oct-23 2,285 1,835 1,031 530 801
Nov-23 2,075 2,061 976 547 623
Dec-23 2,204 1,794 1,072 539 734
Jan-24 2,143 1,852 877 542 730
Feb-24 2,339 1,942 970 445 768
Mar-24 2,206 1,977 980 434 820
Apr-24 2,273 1,990 879 558 695
May-24 2,309 1,922 964 540 808
Jun-24 2,130 2,108 1,066 737 796
Jul-24 2,348 2,162 1,078 764 779
Aug-24 2,465 2,029 1,153 696 849
Sep-24 2,139 1,987 1,133 686 928
Oct-24 2,109 2,082 1,231 711 897
Nov-24 2,208 2,063 1,236 729 925
Dec-24 2,156 1,997 1,207 641 910
Jan-25 2,290 1,935 1,161 642 801
Feb-25 2,337 2,152 1,031 606 849
Mar-25 2,362 2,146 1,006 559 936
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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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