Know the Numbers…


Employment & Unemployment
  • Employment Rate: 60.4%
  • Unemployment Rate: 3.6% 
  • Underemployment Rate: 12.5% 
  • Youth (16 to 24) Unemployment Rate: 7.9%




Job Openings & Labor Force Participation
  • Job openings were at 7.02 million on the last business day of September
  • Jobs Openings Rate: 4.4%
  • Labor Force Participation Rate: 63.3%
  • Civilian Labor Force in the US: 162.07 million
Hires & Turnover
  • Number of hires were at 5.9 million on the last business day of September
  • Hires Rate: 3.9%
  • Turnover Rate: 3.8%
  • Separations: 5.8 million
  • Quits Rate: 2.3% 
  • Layoffs and Discharges Rate: 1.3%  

Bonus Number
  • Projected Unemployment Rate in 2029: 4.7%



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