🇺🇸 US Unemployment & Jobs Tracker

Unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and initial jobless claims from FRED. Updated monthly/weekly.

Unemployment Rate

4.3%

-0.1pp MoM

2026-01-01

Nonfarm Payrolls

158.6M

+130 jobs MoM

2026-01-01

Initial Claims (Weekly)

227K

2026-02-07

Historical Range

2.5% — 14.8%

Peak: 2020-04-01 (14.8%)

Trough: 1953-05-01 (2.5%)

US Unemployment Rate

Monthly, seasonally adjusted (UNRATE). Shaded areas = recessions.

Sources: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) — UNRATE (unemployment rate, monthly), PAYEMS (nonfarm payrolls, monthly), ICSA (initial claims, weekly). Recession shading from NBER.

Updated: 2026-01-01 (rate & payrolls) | 2026-02-07 (claims)