US Labor Market Dashboard

Employment, unemployment, and wage data updated in real-time

Unemployment Rate
U-3 Rate
Monthly Job Gains
Nonfarm Payrolls
Participation Rate
Labor Force
Job Openings
JOLTS

📊 Core Employment Trends

The big picture of jobs and unemployment

Unemployment Rate

U-3 official unemployment

U-6 Unemployment

Includes underemployed & discouraged

Monthly Job Gains/Losses

Change in nonfarm payrolls

Prime-Age Employment (25-54)

Employment rate for prime working age

💼 Quality of Employment

How good are the jobs?

Part-Time for Economic Reasons

Workers wanting full-time but stuck part-time

Multiple Job Holders

People holding more than one job

Average Weekly Hours

All employees, total private

Long-term Unemployment

Unemployed 27 weeks or more

🔄 JOLTS — Worker mobility and hiring activity

Job openings, quits, layoffs, and hires

Job Openings (JOLTS)

Available positions, millions

Quits Rate

Workers voluntarily leaving jobs

Layoffs & Discharges Rate

Involuntary separations

Hires Rate

New hires as percent of employment

💰 Wages & Earnings

Compensation trends

Average Hourly Earnings

Private sector wage growth

📋 Weekly Claims

Unemployment insurance filings

Initial Jobless Claims

New unemployment filings per week

Continuing Claims

Ongoing unemployment insurance

🏭 Fed Regional Manufacturing Surveys

Diffusion indices with sub-component detail from regional Fed banks

Empire State (NY Fed)

Diffusion index — above 0 = expansion, below 0 = contraction

Philadelphia Fed

Diffusion index — above 0 = expansion, below 0 = contraction

Dallas Fed (Texas)

Diffusion index — above 0 = expansion, below 0 = contraction

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Data sourced from FRED and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Updated hourly. Not financial advice.