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US unemployment rate

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Observation period

Feb 2026

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Forecast

4.40 %

Highest

14.90 % on Apr 30, 2020

Lowest

2.50 % on Jun 30, 1953

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Frequently asked questions

To calculate US unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.

The lowest ever US unemployment rate is 2.50%.

The highest figure US unemployment rate has ever reached is 14.90%.

Last month US unemployment rate was 4.40%, and the month before it reached 4.30%.

US unemployment rate

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