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Economy at a Glance
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United States

United States - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2023		 Jan
2024		 Feb
2024		 Mar
2024		 Apr
2024		 May
2024

Unemployment Rate(1)

 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 290 256 236 (p)315 (p)175  

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 34.34 34.51 34.56 (p)34.68 (p)34.75  

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.2 0.3        

Producer Price Index(5)

 -0.1 (p)0.3 (p)0.6 (p)-0.1 (p)0.5  

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 -0.7 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.9 -0.4

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Average Hourly Earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Final Demand, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
United States - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 3rd Qtr
2022		 4th Qtr
2022		 1st Qtr
2023		 2nd Qtr
2023		 3rd Qtr
2023

Employment Cost Index(1)

 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1

Productivity(2)

 1.2 1.6 -1.2 (r)3.5  

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.
(r) Revised

Data extracted on: July 23, 2024

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.