Unemployment rate in the United States 1991-2023

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Aaron O'Neill,
Feb 13, 2025

In 2021, the unemployment rate among the United States workforce was approximately 5.35 percent - this was roughly 3.8 percent lower than the unemployment rate in 2020, during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, but was still around one percent higher than pre-pandemic levels.

United States: Unemployment rate from 1999 to 2023

CharacteristicUnemployment rate
2023 3.64%
2022 3.65%
2021 5.35%
2020 8.06%
2019 3.67%
2018 3.9%
2017 4.36%
2016 4.87%
2015 5.28%
2014 6.17%
2013 7.37%
2012 8.07%
2011 8.95%
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1991 to 2023

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All figures are modeled ILO estimates.

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