The U.S. unemployment rate is released on the first Friday of every month for the preceding month. The current and past editions of the report are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

New report finds shrinking but still solid jobs numbers and lower unemployment as U.S. central bank monitors economy amid ...

Recent U.S. Department of Labor data reveals subtle differences in unemployment trends between foreign-born and native-born ...

A president’s economic policies in office can markedly affect the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate ... following the natural expansion and contraction of economic cycles.

Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 169,000 in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

US unemployment dropped to 4.0%, but mixed labor market signals remain. Read why future unemployment rates and Fed policies ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More Americans are out of work than there were this time last year, with certain states seeing unemployment rates well above the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

The current global unemployment rate of 5% is the lowest in an ILO data series going back to 1991 and is projected to tick lower again in 2026 to 4.9%, the ILO said. However, some countries and ...

While the Labor Department released a report on Friday showing employment in the U.S. increased by less than expected in the month of ...