The so-called U-6 unemployment rate, which also includes people who want to work, but have given up searching and those working part-time because they cannot find full-time employment, fell to a six-month low of 7.5% in December. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

U6 Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 10.09 percent from 1994 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 23.00 percent in April of 2020 and a record low of 6.50 percent in December of 2022. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States U-6 Unemployment Rate. United States U-6 Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2025.

U6 Unemployment Rate in the United States is expected to be 7.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States U-6 Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.80 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.




Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-12-06 01:30 PM
U-6 Unemployment Rate
7.8% 7.7% 7.7%
2025-01-10 01:30 PM
U-6 Unemployment Rate
7.5% 7.7% 7.9%
2025-02-07 01:30 PM
U-6 Unemployment Rate
7.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Average Hourly Earnings MoM 0.30 0.40 percent Dec 2024
Average Hourly Earnings YoY 3.90 4.00 percent Dec 2024
Average Weekly Hours 34.30 34.30 Hours Dec 2024
Employed Persons 161661.00 161183.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Employment Cost Index 0.80 0.90 percent Sep 2024
Employment Cost - Benefits 0.80 1.00 percent Sep 2024
Employment Cost - Wages 0.80 0.90 percent Sep 2024
Employment Rate 60.00 59.80 percent Dec 2024
Full Time Employment 133510.00 133423.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Government Payrolls 33.00 30.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Job Layoffs and Discharges 1765.00 1748.00 Thousand Nov 2024
JOLTs Job Openings 8098.00 7839.00 Thousand Nov 2024
JOLTs Job Quits 3065.00 3326.00 Thousand Nov 2024
Job Quits Rate 1.90 2.10 Percent Nov 2024
Job Openings 7660.00 8261.00 Thousand Nov 2024
Participation Rate 62.50 62.50 percent Dec 2024
Labour Costs 121.98 121.40 points Sep 2024
Long Term Unemployment Rate 0.92 0.98 percent Dec 2024
Manufacturing Payrolls -13.00 25.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Non Farm Payrolls 256.00 212.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Nonfarm Payrolls Private 223.00 182.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Nonfarm Productivity 2.20 2.10 percent Sep 2024
Part Time Employment 27918.00 27671.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Productivity 114.48 113.85 points Sep 2024
U-6 Unemployment Rate 7.50 7.70 percent Dec 2024
Unemployed Persons 6886.00 7121.00 Thousand Dec 2024
Unemployment Rate 4.10 4.20 percent Dec 2024
Unit Labour Costs 0.80 -1.10 percent Sep 2024
Wages 30.62 30.56 USD/Hour Dec 2024
Wages in Manufacturing 28.34 28.29 USD/Hour Dec 2024
Youth Unemployment Rate 9.00 9.40 percent Dec 2024

United States U-6 Unemployment Rate
The so-called U-6 unemployment rate includes total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
7.50 7.70 23.00 6.50 1994 - 2024 percent Monthly
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