US Unemployment Rate — economic data & chart — Scrolld®
Explore US Unemployment Rate, a US macroeconomic indicator, on Scrolld — latest observations with dates and available summary statistics.
as of 2026-08-01
Latest observation
Unemployment Rate — 4.1% on 2026-08-01.
943 observations from 1948-01-01 to 2026-08-01.
Unemployment Rate — historical observations
943 observations from 1948-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Frequency: monthly.
The chart shows 236 sampled observations, retaining the minimum and maximum of each time bucket. Statistics use all 943 observations.
Statistics over the available window
Latest recorded value: 4.1% on .
Minimum: 2.5%. Maximum: 14.8%. Arithmetic mean: 5.6545%.
Observation count: 943. First date: . Last date: .
1-month change: 0% (0.00%), from 4.1% on to 4.1% on .
1-year change: -0.2% (-4.65%), from 4.3% on to 4.1% on .
Unemployment Rate: 24 most recent observations, newest first (Percent)
| Observation date | Recorded value |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.4% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.4% |
|---|
| 4.5% |
|---|
| 4.4% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.3% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
| 4% |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.1% |
|---|
| 4.2% |
|---|
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (FRED series UNRATE), via FRED. Public domain; credit Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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