Unemployment Rate 2024 April. Thirty states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and19 states and the district had little change. 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.
Household survey data both the unemployment rate, at 3.9 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 6.5 million, changed little in april. Total employment rose by 175,000 in april.