US Jobs & Unemployment #

The monthly US jobs report as a time series - payrolls, unemployment, participation, and wages

See also: EU Jobs & Unemployment · US Federal Debt · US Treasury Yield Curve

+57,000
Jobs added · Jun 2026
4.2%
Unemployment · Jun 2026
61.5%
Participation Rate
3.5%
Wage Growth (YoY)

Jobs Added Per Month #

Month-over-month change in nonfarm payrolls - the headline "X jobs added" number. Line = 3-month average.

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Unemployment Rate #

Share of the labor force actively looking for work but not employed, seasonally adjusted

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Labor-Force Participation #

Share of the working-age population either employed or looking for work - context for the unemployment rate

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Wage Growth #

Average hourly earnings, year-over-year change - the wage side of the inflation picture

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Unemployment by State #

Latest unemployment rate for every US state and DC - the dispersion within one labor market

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StateUnemployment %As of

Monthly, seasonally adjusted. Shaded bands mark recessions. Updated automatically via weekly cron.