Total Unemployed, Plus Discouraged Workers, Plus All Other Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-5)

U5RATElaborFree tier

Series IDU5RATE
UnitsPercent
FrequencyMonthly
Categorylabor
Latest observation2026-09-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Total Unemployed, Plus Discouraged Workers, Plus All Other Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-5) observation, for 2026-09-01, is 5 Percent, down from 5.1 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 44.1% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value5 Percent
Previous5.1 (2026-08-01)
Change-0.1 (-2.0%)
First published value5
Last release2026-10-02
Vintages stored188
Observations392
Largest revision (5 years)2021-11-01: 5.2 → 5.1

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