Us Unemployment Rate 2024. Unemployment rate in the united states averaged 5.69 percent from 1948 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 14.90 percent in april of 2020 and a record low of 2.50 percent in may of 1953. Since then, the rate has crept up.

View data of the unemployment rate, or the number of people 16 and over actively searching for a job as a percentage of the total labor force. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in february, its highest since january 2022, as high interest rates dragged on the economy.