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Jobs report

How many jobs the economy added last month, and what share of people looking for work could not find any.

History

Nonfarm payrollslatest +162k (2026-08-01) · 439 prints
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Unemployment ratelatest 4.1% (2026-08-01) · 439 prints
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5.0%2015-11-01: 5.1%2015-12-01: 5.0%2016-01-01: 4.8%2016-02-01: 4.9%2016-03-01: 5.0%2016-04-01: 5.1%2016-05-01: 4.8%2016-06-01: 4.9%2016-07-01: 4.8%2016-08-01: 4.9%2016-09-01: 5.0%2016-10-01: 4.9%2016-11-01: 4.7%2016-12-01: 4.7%2017-01-01: 4.7%2017-02-01: 4.6%2017-03-01: 4.4%2017-04-01: 4.4%2017-05-01: 4.4%2017-06-01: 4.3%2017-07-01: 4.3%2017-08-01: 4.4%2017-09-01: 4.3%2017-10-01: 4.2%2017-11-01: 4.2%2017-12-01: 4.1%2018-01-01: 4.0%2018-02-01: 4.1%2018-03-01: 4.0%2018-04-01: 4.0%2018-05-01: 3.8%2018-06-01: 4.0%2018-07-01: 3.8%2018-08-01: 3.8%2018-09-01: 3.7%2018-10-01: 3.8%2018-11-01: 3.8%2018-12-01: 3.9%2019-01-01: 4.0%2019-02-01: 3.8%2019-03-01: 3.8%2019-04-01: 3.7%2019-05-01: 3.6%2019-06-01: 3.6%2019-07-01: 3.7%2019-08-01: 3.6%2019-09-01: 3.5%2019-10-01: 3.6%2019-11-01: 3.6%2019-12-01: 3.6%2020-01-01: 3.6%2020-02-01: 3.5%2020-03-01: 4.4%2020-04-01: 14.8%2020-05-01: 13.2%2020-06-01: 11.0%2020-07-01: 10.2%2020-08-01: 8.4%2020-09-01: 7.8%2020-10-01: 6.9%2020-11-01: 6.7%2020-12-01: 6.7%2021-01-01: 6.4%2021-02-01: 6.2%2021-03-01: 6.1%2021-04-01: 6.1%2021-05-01: 5.8%2021-06-01: 5.9%2021-07-01: 5.4%2021-08-01: 5.1%2021-09-01: 4.7%2021-10-01: 4.5%2021-11-01: 4.1%2021-12-01: 3.9%2022-01-01: 4.0%2022-02-01: 3.9%2022-03-01: 3.7%2022-04-01: 3.7%2022-05-01: 3.6%2022-06-01: 3.6%2022-07-01: 3.5%2022-08-01: 3.6%2022-09-01: 3.5%2022-10-01: 3.6%2022-11-01: 3.6%2022-12-01: 3.5%2023-01-01: 3.5%2023-02-01: 3.6%2023-03-01: 3.5%2023-04-01: 3.4%2023-05-01: 3.6%2023-06-01: 3.6%2023-07-01: 3.5%2023-08-01: 3.7%2023-09-01: 3.7%2023-10-01: 3.9%2023-11-01: 3.7%2023-12-01: 3.8%2024-01-01: 3.7%2024-02-01: 3.9%2024-03-01: 3.9%2024-04-01: 3.9%2024-05-01: 3.9%2024-06-01: 4.1%2024-07-01: 4.2%2024-08-01: 4.2%2024-09-01: 4.1%2024-10-01: 4.1%2024-11-01: 4.2%2024-12-01: 4.1%2025-01-01: 4.0%2025-02-01: 4.2%2025-03-01: 4.2%2025-04-01: 4.2%2025-05-01: 4.3%2025-06-01: 4.1%2025-07-01: 4.3%2025-08-01: 4.3%2025-09-01: 4.4%2025-11-01: 4.5%2025-12-01: 4.4%2026-01-01: 4.3%2026-02-01: 4.4%2026-03-01: 4.3%2026-04-01: 4.3%2026-05-01: 4.3%2026-06-01: 4.2%2026-07-01: 4.1%2026-08-01: 4.1%19901995200020052010201520202025

Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Values shown are as currently published, so revisions are included here even though the game scores the first print.

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