United States United States (US) unemployment rate

Subscribe to our free email alert service
United States: Unemployment Rate 1988
 Unemployment less than 25 yearsUnemployment over 24 years
December 198810.8%
4.1%
November 198810.5%
4.2%
October 198810.8%
4.1%
September 198810.8%
4.2%
August 198811.0%
4.4%
July 198810.8%
4.2%
June 198810.5%
4.2%
May 198811.3%
4.3%
April 198811.2%
4.2%
March 198811.8%
4.3%
February 198811.3%
4.4%
January 198811.5%
4.4%
< Unemployment Rate 1987 Unemployment Rate 1989 >
United States: Unemployment Rate 1988

In this page you can see United States unemployment rate . United States unemployment rate.
It is the percentage that expresses the proportion of unemployed in US compared to the total active population:

United States unemployment rate = total unemployed United States / United States active population

Unemployed is a worker who don´t have a employ.

Clicking on the links in the table you can get more information.

If you want to compare USA unemployment to other countries, see unemployment.