Figure 10. Percentage of the unemployed who found employment, remained unemployed, or left the labor force, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, April 1990–December 2019
Month |
Found employment |
Left the labor force |
Remained unemployed |
Apr 1990
|
29.6 |
21.1 |
49.3 |
May 1990
|
28.4 |
20.8 |
50.7 |
Jun 1990
|
28.2 |
20.4 |
51.4 |
Jul 1990
|
28.3 |
20.4 |
51.3 |
Aug 1990
|
28.2 |
20.4 |
51.4 |
Sep 1990
|
26.7 |
19.9 |
53.4 |
Oct 1990
|
26.7 |
19.3 |
54.0 |
Nov 1990
|
26.2 |
19.3 |
54.5 |
Dec 1990
|
26.4 |
19.3 |
54.3 |
Jan 1991
|
25.7 |
19.6 |
54.7 |
Feb 1991
|
25.4 |
19.4 |
55.1 |
Mar 1991
|
25.4 |
19.1 |
55.5 |
Apr 1991
|
26.0 |
18.2 |
55.7 |
May 1991
|
25.3 |
18.3 |
56.4 |
Jun 1991
|
25.3 |
18.3 |
56.4 |
Jul 1991
|
24.1 |
18.9 |
57.0 |
Aug 1991
|
24.6 |
18.8 |
56.6 |
Sep 1991
|
24.9 |
18.7 |
56.4 |
Oct 1991
|
25.0 |
18.8 |
56.2 |
Nov 1991
|
24.7 |
18.5 |
56.8 |
Dec 1991
|
23.3 |
18.7 |
58.0 |
Jan 1992
|
24.0 |
18.1 |
57.8 |
Feb 1992
|
23.4 |
17.6 |
59.0 |
Mar 1992
|
23.6 |
17.1 |
59.3 |
Apr 1992
|
22.5 |
17.4 |
60.1 |
May 1992
|
22.8 |
17.6 |
59.6 |
Jun 1992
|
22.9 |
17.5 |
59.6 |
Jul 1992
|
22.9 |
17.5 |
59.6 |
Aug 1992
|
22.6 |
17.5 |
59.8 |
Sep 1992
|
22.7 |
18.1 |
59.2 |
Oct 1992
|
22.8 |
18.5 |
58.8 |
Nov 1992
|
23.3 |
18.4 |
58.3 |
Dec 1992
|
23.5 |
18.5 |
57.9 |
Jan 1993
|
23.4 |
18.1 |
58.4 |
Feb 1993
|
23.0 |
19.0 |
58.0 |
Mar 1993
|
23.0 |
19.0 |
58.0 |
Apr 1993
|
23.3 |
19.0 |
57.7 |
May 1993
|
23.9 |
18.0 |
58.1 |
Jun 1993
|
23.7 |
17.4 |
58.9 |
Jul 1993
|
24.0 |
17.7 |
58.3 |
Aug 1993
|
23.8 |
18.4 |
57.8 |
Sep 1993
|
23.8 |
19.1 |
57.1 |
Oct 1993
|
23.7 |
19.1 |
57.3 |
Nov 1993
|
24.0 |
19.2 |
56.8 |
Dec 1993
|
25.0 |
19.2 |
55.8 |
Jan 1994
|
25.4 |
19.5 |
55.0 |
Feb 1994
|
25.7 |
20.0 |
54.3 |
Mar 1994
|
25.6 |
20.8 |
53.5 |
Apr 1994
|
25.7 |
21.8 |
52.5 |
May 1994
|
26.2 |
22.5 |
51.3 |
Jun 1994
|
26.2 |
23.3 |
50.4 |
Jul 1994
|
26.6 |
23.5 |
49.8 |
Aug 1994
|
26.9 |
23.4 |
49.7 |
Sep 1994
|
27.4 |
22.6 |
50.0 |
Oct 1994
|
27.1 |
22.3 |
50.6 |
Nov 1994
|
27.0 |
22.8 |
50.2 |
Dec 1994
|
28.0 |
23.1 |
48.9 |
Jan 1995
|
28.8 |
23.4 |
47.7 |
Feb 1995
|
29.0 |
23.1 |
47.8 |
Mar 1995
|
28.4 |
22.7 |
48.9 |
Apr 1995
|
28.3 |
22.1 |
49.6 |
May 1995
|
27.7 |
22.5 |
49.8 |
Jun 1995
|
27.5 |
22.8 |
49.7 |
Jul 1995
|
27.4 |
23.1 |
49.5 |
Aug 1995
|
28.2 |
22.6 |
49.2 |
Sep 1995
|
28.1 |
22.9 |
49.0 |
Oct 1995
|
28.5 |
23.5 |
48.0 |
Nov 1995
|
27.8 |
23.7 |
48.5 |
Dec 1995
|
27.1 |
23.5 |
49.4 |
Jan 1996
|
26.6 |
23.0 |
50.4 |
Feb 1996
|
26.8 |
23.1 |
50.1 |
Mar 1996
|
27.4 |
23.1 |
49.5 |
Apr 1996
|
27.3 |
23.0 |
49.7 |
May 1996
|
27.1 |
23.1 |
49.8 |
Jun 1996
|
27.1 |
23.6 |
49.3 |
Jul 1996
|
27.5 |
23.7 |
48.8 |
Aug 1996
|
28.2 |
23.4 |
48.4 |
Sep 1996
|
28.6 |
23.0 |
48.3 |
Oct 1996
|
28.9 |
22.5 |
48.5 |
Nov 1996
|
28.5 |
22.6 |
48.9 |
Dec 1996
|
27.8 |
22.0 |
50.1 |
Jan 1997
|
28.2 |
22.6 |
49.2 |
Feb 1997
|
28.6 |
22.4 |
49.0 |
Mar 1997
|
29.4 |
22.4 |
48.2 |
Apr 1997
|
28.7 |
22.7 |
48.6 |
May 1997
|
29.0 |
22.9 |
48.1 |
Jun 1997
|
29.3 |
23.3 |
47.4 |
Jul 1997
|
30.2 |
23.0 |
46.8 |
Aug 1997
|
29.3 |
23.6 |
47.0 |
Sep 1997
|
28.6 |
23.7 |
47.7 |
Oct 1997
|
28.1 |
24.1 |
47.8 |
Nov 1997
|
28.9 |
23.5 |
47.6 |
Dec 1997
|
30.1 |
23.6 |
46.3 |
Jan 1998
|
30.1 |
23.6 |
46.3 |
Feb 1998
|
30.5 |
24.2 |
45.2 |
Mar 1998
|
29.9 |
24.8 |
45.3 |
Apr 1998
|
30.8 |
25.0 |
44.1 |
May 1998
|
30.5 |
24.6 |
44.8 |
Jun 1998
|
31.0 |
23.6 |
45.4 |
Jul 1998
|
30.4 |
23.3 |
46.3 |
Aug 1998
|
30.9 |
23.0 |
46.1 |
Sep 1998
|
30.9 |
23.5 |
45.6 |
Oct 1998
|
31.0 |
23.6 |
45.4 |
Nov 1998
|
30.9 |
24.3 |
44.8 |
Dec 1998
|
30.7 |
25.1 |
44.2 |
Jan 1999
|
30.9 |
25.3 |
43.8 |
Feb 1999
|
31.0 |
24.9 |
44.0 |
Mar 1999
|
31.9 |
24.3 |
43.8 |
Apr 1999
|
31.2 |
24.3 |
44.4 |
May 1999
|
31.1 |
24.8 |
44.1 |
Jun 1999
|
30.4 |
24.4 |
45.2 |
Jul 1999
|
31.2 |
23.7 |
45.1 |
Aug 1999
|
31.6 |
23.0 |
45.4 |
Sep 1999
|
31.8 |
22.8 |
45.4 |
Oct 1999
|
31.7 |
23.4 |
44.8 |
Nov 1999
|
32.5 |
23.7 |
43.8 |
Dec 1999
|
33.1 |
24.5 |
42.4 |
Jan 2000
|
34.7 |
23.7 |
41.6 |
Feb 2000
|
33.6 |
23.7 |
42.7 |
Mar 2000
|
33.0 |
23.8 |
43.2 |
Apr 2000
|
32.5 |
24.5 |
43.0 |
May 2000
|
32.2 |
24.8 |
43.0 |
Jun 2000
|
32.1 |
25.1 |
42.7 |
Jul 2000
|
32.0 |
24.6 |
43.4 |
Aug 2000
|
32.5 |
24.5 |
43.0 |
Sep 2000
|
32.4 |
24.4 |
43.2 |
Oct 2000
|
32.5 |
24.3 |
43.2 |
Nov 2000
|
32.1 |
23.6 |
44.2 |
Dec 2000
|
31.5 |
22.7 |
45.8 |
Jan 2001
|
30.9 |
22.6 |
46.5 |
Feb 2001
|
30.7 |
23.1 |
46.2 |
Mar 2001
|
31.0 |
23.5 |
45.4 |
Apr 2001
|
30.6 |
24.4 |
45.0 |
May 2001
|
31.3 |
24.2 |
44.5 |
Jun 2001
|
31.1 |
23.8 |
45.0 |
Jul 2001
|
31.1 |
22.9 |
45.9 |
Aug 2001
|
30.0 |
22.5 |
47.5 |
Sep 2001
|
29.4 |
22.2 |
48.4 |
Oct 2001
|
28.4 |
22.0 |
49.6 |
Nov 2001
|
27.9 |
21.6 |
50.5 |
Dec 2001
|
27.0 |
21.3 |
51.7 |
Jan 2002
|
26.5 |
21.3 |
52.2 |
Feb 2002
|
26.8 |
20.8 |
52.4 |
Mar 2002
|
26.9 |
20.5 |
52.5 |
Apr 2002
|
26.8 |
19.9 |
53.3 |
May 2002
|
25.5 |
20.4 |
54.1 |
Jun 2002
|
24.6 |
20.8 |
54.7 |
Jul 2002
|
24.2 |
22.0 |
53.8 |
Aug 2002
|
24.6 |
21.7 |
53.6 |
Sep 2002
|
25.4 |
21.5 |
53.0 |
Oct 2002
|
25.7 |
20.9 |
53.4 |
Nov 2002
|
24.8 |
21.4 |
53.8 |
Dec 2002
|
23.8 |
21.4 |
54.7 |
Jan 2003
|
24.0 |
21.9 |
54.1 |
Feb 2003
|
23.8 |
21.7 |
54.5 |
Mar 2003
|
23.8 |
22.5 |
53.7 |
Apr 2003
|
23.5 |
21.7 |
54.7 |
May 2003
|
23.5 |
21.8 |
54.6 |
Jun 2003
|
23.7 |
20.9 |
55.4 |
Jul 2003
|
23.2 |
21.2 |
55.6 |
Aug 2003
|
23.4 |
21.5 |
55.1 |
Sep 2003
|
23.2 |
21.8 |
54.9 |
Oct 2003
|
23.3 |
22.1 |
54.6 |
Nov 2003
|
23.5 |
21.7 |
54.8 |
Dec 2003
|
24.5 |
21.9 |
53.6 |
Jan 2004
|
25.1 |
21.1 |
53.8 |
Feb 2004
|
24.9 |
21.8 |
53.2 |
Mar 2004
|
24.0 |
22.0 |
53.9 |
Apr 2004
|
24.2 |
22.8 |
53.0 |
May 2004
|
24.8 |
22.2 |
53.0 |
Jun 2004
|
25.2 |
21.9 |
52.9 |
Jul 2004
|
25.4 |
21.9 |
52.6 |
Aug 2004
|
25.1 |
22.8 |
52.1 |
Sep 2004
|
25.7 |
23.4 |
50.9 |
Oct 2004
|
26.1 |
23.3 |
50.7 |
Nov 2004
|
26.8 |
22.5 |
50.6 |
Dec 2004
|
26.6 |
22.2 |
51.1 |
Jan 2005
|
26.2 |
22.2 |
51.6 |
Feb 2005
|
26.1 |
21.9 |
52.0 |
Mar 2005
|
26.0 |
22.1 |
51.9 |
Apr 2005
|
26.3 |
22.2 |
51.5 |
May 2005
|
26.1 |
22.9 |
51.0 |
Jun 2005
|
26.1 |
23.0 |
50.8 |
Jul 2005
|
25.8 |
23.7 |
50.5 |
Aug 2005
|
26.8 |
23.7 |
49.5 |
Sep 2005
|
26.6 |
23.9 |
49.6 |
Oct 2005
|
26.6 |
23.8 |
49.6 |
Nov 2005
|
26.2 |
23.8 |
50.0 |
Dec 2005
|
26.5 |
24.5 |
49.0 |
Jan 2006
|
27.1 |
24.7 |
48.1 |
Feb 2006
|
26.6 |
25.0 |
48.4 |
Mar 2006
|
27.0 |
24.2 |
48.7 |
Apr 2006
|
27.0 |
24.2 |
48.8 |
May 2006
|
27.7 |
24.4 |
47.8 |
Jun 2006
|
28.3 |
24.6 |
47.0 |
Jul 2006
|
28.6 |
24.6 |
46.8 |
Aug 2006
|
28.9 |
24.5 |
46.6 |
Sep 2006
|
29.0 |
24.1 |
46.8 |
Oct 2006
|
28.6 |
24.4 |
46.9 |
Nov 2006
|
28.5 |
23.8 |
47.7 |
Dec 2006
|
28.8 |
23.6 |
47.6 |
Jan 2007
|
29.2 |
22.7 |
48.0 |
Feb 2007
|
29.6 |
23.5 |
46.8 |
Mar 2007
|
29.6 |
23.6 |
46.8 |
Apr 2007
|
29.2 |
23.5 |
47.3 |
May 2007
|
28.9 |
22.9 |
48.2 |
Jun 2007
|
27.4 |
22.9 |
49.6 |
Jul 2007
|
27.4 |
23.0 |
49.6 |
Aug 2007
|
26.9 |
22.8 |
50.2 |
Sep 2007
|
27.3 |
22.6 |
50.1 |
Oct 2007
|
27.1 |
22.6 |
50.3 |
Nov 2007
|
26.9 |
23.0 |
50.1 |
Dec 2007
|
26.9 |
22.3 |
50.8 |
Jan 2008
|
26.9 |
21.5 |
51.5 |
Feb 2008
|
26.4 |
21.9 |
51.6 |
Mar 2008
|
26.3 |
22.6 |
51.0 |
Apr 2008
|
26.4 |
23.9 |
49.7 |
May 2008
|
26.2 |
23.0 |
50.8 |
Jun 2008
|
25.3 |
22.6 |
52.1 |
Jul 2008
|
24.3 |
21.2 |
54.5 |
Aug 2008
|
23.8 |
21.1 |
55.1 |
Sep 2008
|
23.9 |
21.3 |
54.8 |
Oct 2008
|
23.4 |
21.6 |
55.0 |
Nov 2008
|
22.5 |
21.3 |
56.2 |
Dec 2008
|
21.0 |
21.0 |
58.0 |
Jan 2009
|
20.1 |
20.6 |
59.2 |
Feb 2009
|
19.5 |
20.0 |
60.4 |
Mar 2009
|
18.6 |
19.4 |
61.9 |
Apr 2009
|
18.2 |
18.8 |
62.9 |
May 2009
|
17.3 |
18.7 |
64.0 |
Jun 2009
|
17.6 |
18.2 |
64.2 |
Jul 2009
|
17.3 |
18.4 |
64.3 |
Aug 2009
|
17.3 |
18.7 |
63.9 |
Sep 2009
|
17.1 |
18.8 |
64.0 |
Oct 2009
|
16.4 |
18.7 |
64.9 |
Nov 2009
|
16.6 |
18.2 |
65.2 |
Dec 2009
|
15.9 |
18.6 |
65.4 |
Jan 2010
|
16.3 |
18.7 |
64.9 |
Feb 2010
|
16.2 |
18.9 |
64.9 |
Mar 2010
|
16.8 |
18.7 |
64.4 |
Apr 2010
|
17.3 |
18.5 |
64.2 |
May 2010
|
17.6 |
18.9 |
63.5 |
Jun 2010
|
17.2 |
19.5 |
63.3 |
Jul 2010
|
16.9 |
20.0 |
63.0 |
Aug 2010
|
16.7 |
20.0 |
63.2 |
Sep 2010
|
16.8 |
19.9 |
63.3 |
Oct 2010
|
16.6 |
19.9 |
63.5 |
Nov 2010
|
16.6 |
19.7 |
63.7 |
Dec 2010
|
17.0 |
19.9 |
63.0 |
Jan 2011
|
16.9 |
20.3 |
62.4 |
Feb 2011
|
16.7 |
20.8 |
62.1 |
Mar 2011
|
16.7 |
20.6 |
62.4 |
Apr 2011
|
16.7 |
20.5 |
62.8 |
May 2011
|
16.8 |
20.4 |
62.8 |
Jun 2011
|
16.9 |
20.5 |
62.6 |
Jul 2011
|
17.1 |
20.6 |
62.3 |
Aug 2011
|
17.2 |
20.4 |
62.4 |
Sep 2011
|
17.2 |
20.8 |
62.0 |
Oct 2011
|
17.5 |
20.2 |
62.3 |
Nov 2011
|
17.9 |
20.3 |
61.8 |
Dec 2011
|
18.3 |
19.9 |
61.8 |
Jan 2012
|
18.4 |
20.7 |
60.9 |
Feb 2012
|
18.4 |
21.0 |
60.6 |
Mar 2012
|
18.3 |
21.2 |
60.4 |
Apr 2012
|
18.1 |
21.1 |
60.8 |
May 2012
|
18.0 |
21.2 |
60.8 |
Jun 2012
|
17.8 |
21.2 |
61.0 |
Jul 2012
|
17.9 |
21.2 |
60.9 |
Aug 2012
|
17.8 |
21.7 |
60.5 |
Sep 2012
|
18.1 |
22.2 |
59.6 |
Oct 2012
|
18.6 |
22.6 |
58.7 |
Nov 2012
|
18.8 |
22.8 |
58.4 |
Dec 2012
|
18.4 |
22.7 |
58.9 |
Jan 2013
|
18.1 |
22.1 |
59.8 |
Feb 2013
|
18.4 |
21.8 |
59.8 |
Mar 2013
|
18.4 |
21.8 |
59.7 |
Apr 2013
|
18.5 |
21.9 |
59.6 |
May 2013
|
18.7 |
21.4 |
59.9 |
Jun 2013
|
19.3 |
20.9 |
59.8 |
Jul 2013
|
19.7 |
21.4 |
58.9 |
Aug 2013
|
19.6 |
22.0 |
58.4 |
Sep 2013
|
19.2 |
22.2 |
58.5 |
Oct 2013
|
18.6 |
22.9 |
58.5 |
Nov 2013
|
18.7 |
22.5 |
58.8 |
Dec 2013
|
19.3 |
22.9 |
57.8 |
Jan 2014
|
20.3 |
22.8 |
56.9 |
Feb 2014
|
21.3 |
22.5 |
56.1 |
Mar 2014
|
21.9 |
22.0 |
56.1 |
Apr 2014
|
22.0 |
22.2 |
55.9 |
May 2014
|
21.5 |
23.2 |
55.3 |
Jun 2014
|
21.5 |
23.9 |
54.6 |
Jul 2014
|
21.4 |
23.7 |
54.9 |
Aug 2014
|
21.7 |
23.6 |
54.6 |
Sep 2014
|
21.8 |
23.4 |
54.7 |
Oct 2014
|
22.9 |
23.3 |
53.8 |
Nov 2014
|
23.0 |
23.7 |
53.3 |
Dec 2014
|
23.4 |
24.1 |
52.5 |
Jan 2015
|
22.7 |
24.4 |
52.9 |
Feb 2015
|
22.8 |
24.9 |
52.3 |
Mar 2015
|
22.8 |
25.0 |
52.1 |
Apr 2015
|
23.4 |
25.0 |
51.5 |
May 2015
|
23.6 |
24.1 |
52.3 |
Jun 2015
|
23.9 |
24.2 |
51.9 |
Jul 2015
|
23.3 |
24.8 |
51.8 |
Aug 2015
|
24.0 |
25.2 |
50.7 |
Sep 2015
|
23.9 |
25.2 |
50.8 |
Oct 2015
|
24.6 |
24.4 |
50.9 |
Nov 2015
|
24.5 |
23.9 |
51.6 |
Dec 2015
|
25.1 |
22.9 |
51.9 |
Jan 2016
|
25.3 |
23.4 |
51.4 |
Feb 2016
|
24.4 |
24.3 |
51.2 |
Mar 2016
|
23.7 |
24.2 |
52.1 |
Apr 2016
|
22.9 |
24.0 |
53.1 |
May 2016
|
23.6 |
24.2 |
52.2 |
Jun 2016
|
23.9 |
24.6 |
51.4 |
Jul 2016
|
24.8 |
24.1 |
51.1 |
Aug 2016
|
24.5 |
22.9 |
52.5 |
Sep 2016
|
24.6 |
22.3 |
53.0 |
Oct 2016
|
25.0 |
22.6 |
52.3 |
Nov 2016
|
25.8 |
23.5 |
50.6 |
Dec 2016
|
25.7 |
24.7 |
49.6 |
Jan 2017
|
25.9 |
23.8 |
50.2 |
Feb 2017
|
26.3 |
22.6 |
51.0 |
Mar 2017
|
26.5 |
22.2 |
51.1 |
Apr 2017
|
26.5 |
23.0 |
50.4 |
May 2017
|
26.3 |
23.4 |
50.3 |
Jun 2017
|
26.6 |
23.7 |
49.7 |
Jul 2017
|
27.5 |
23.7 |
48.8 |
Aug 2017
|
27.3 |
24.0 |
48.6 |
Sep 2017
|
27.8 |
23.7 |
48.5 |
Oct 2017
|
27.3 |
24.4 |
48.3 |
Nov 2017
|
27.8 |
23.8 |
48.4 |
Dec 2017
|
27.6 |
24.1 |
48.3 |
Jan 2018
|
27.2 |
23.9 |
48.9 |
Feb 2018
|
27.4 |
24.2 |
48.4 |
Mar 2018
|
27.6 |
24.4 |
48.0 |
Apr 2018
|
27.9 |
24.4 |
47.7 |
May 2018
|
27.5 |
24.8 |
47.7 |
Jun 2018
|
27.0 |
24.2 |
48.8 |
Jul 2018
|
26.8 |
24.2 |
49.0 |
Aug 2018
|
27.4 |
24.1 |
48.5 |
Sep 2018
|
27.7 |
25.0 |
47.3 |
Oct 2018
|
28.3 |
24.6 |
47.1 |
Nov 2018
|
28.2 |
25.1 |
46.7 |
Dec 2018
|
28.5 |
23.9 |
47.6 |
Jan 2019
|
28.2 |
23.5 |
48.2 |
Feb 2019
|
27.7 |
24.3 |
47.8 |
Mar 2019
|
27.8 |
24.6 |
47.5 |
Apr 2019
|
27.4 |
25.4 |
47.2 |
May 2019
|
27.2 |
24.7 |
48.0 |
Jun 2019
|
27.2 |
25.0 |
47.7 |
Jul 2019
|
27.6 |
24.5 |
47.9 |
Aug 2019
|
27.9 |
23.8 |
48.3 |
Sep 2019
|
27.7 |
24.1 |
48.2 |
Oct 2019
|
27.0 |
24.7 |
48.2 |
Nov 2019
|
26.7 |
24.8 |
48.5 |
Dec 2019
|
27.6 |
24.4 |
48.0 |