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  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    View data of the unemployment rate, or the number of people 16 and over actively searching for a job as a percentage of the total labor force.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1972 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000006

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13000000 The Unemployment Level is the aggregate measure of people currently unemployed in the US. Someone in the labor force is defined as unemployed if they were not employed during the survey reference week, were available for work, and made at least one active effort to find a job during the 4-week survey period. The Unemployment Level is collected in the CPS and published by the BLS. It is provided on a monthly basis, so this data is used in part by macroeconomists as an initial economic indicator of current trends. The Unemployment Level helps government agencies, financial markets, and researchers gauge the overall health of the economy. Note that individuals that are not employed but not actively looking for a job are not counted as unemployed. For instance, declines in the Unemployment Level may either reflect movements of unemployed individuals into the labor force because they found a job, or movements of unemployed individuals out of the labor force because they stopped looking to find a job. For more information, see: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CES Overview (https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprog.htm) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Handbook of Methods: Chapter 2. Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Establishment Survey (https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/ces-20110307.pdf)

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13327709

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    View data of the unemployment rate, or the number of people 16 and over actively searching for a job as a percentage of the total labor force.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1972 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000031

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000024

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14023621

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000002

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13026638

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Mar 1973 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000009

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1954 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000003

  • Weeks, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13008275

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13008636

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13000001

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1992 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14027660

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000001

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13000002

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    Construction employees in the construction sector include: Working supervisors, qualified craft workers, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, laborers, and so forth, engaged in new work, alterations, demolition, repair, maintenance, and the like, whether working at the site of construction or in shops or yards at jobs (such as precutting and preassembling) ordinarily performed by members of the construction trades. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04032231

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13327707

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1992 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14027662

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14024887

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13025670

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13327708

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04032232

  • Weeks, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jul 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13008276

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1981 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04024933

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000012

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1992 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14027659

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Feb 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    This series is from the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force flows show the movements that underlie the net over-the-month changes in employment, unemployment, or not in the labor force.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU03000000

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13023653

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1972 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04000006

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1981 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04024937

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04032183

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Feb 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    This series is from the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force flows show the movements that underlie the net over-the-month changes in employment, unemployment, or not in the labor force.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2003 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14032183

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1954 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000028

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jun 2008 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04074597

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU03327707

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13008396

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1972 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000018

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13008516

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1976 to Apr 2024 (1 day ago)

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13025703

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2007 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04073413

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000060

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04032241

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13023622

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04032238

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS14000036

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04035109

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13025699

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1967 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS13023706

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2000 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU04049526


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