Unemployment In The United States 2024

Unemployment In The United States 2024. Data refer to place of residence. Although there was an uptick in unemployment in the second half of the year, the national unemployment rate remained below 4 percent throughout 2023.

Weekly jobless claims drop 6,000 to 213,000; The unemployment rate is forecast to average 4.3% in 2024, a small increase on 2023, before remaining close to 4.0%.