The BLS noted that the unemployment rates for adult men (3.4 percent) and Whites (3.4 percent) saw a drop in July.

They are often ineligible for state benefits such as unemployment.

Fewer Americans are also receiving unemployment benefits, indicating either an easier time finding job opportunities or many recipients exhausting their benefits. Initial jobless claims hovered at about their lowest levels since 1969 last week.

Unemployment, GDP Growth For the week ending July 4, initial unemployment claims fell to 215,000, down from the previous week and the lowest level since late May.

Black unemployment fell to 5.9 percent from an already record-low 6.6 percent in April. Female unemployment inched down to 3.6 percent, the lowest since 1953.

A dog in Michigan was approved for unemployment of more than $1,000 a month, a Saugatuck resident said. Michael Haddock, an attorney in the town, said that he recently received a letter from the state's Unemployment Insurance Agency.

Unemployment is nearing record lows. We are on the right track!" he tweeted.

The drop of one-tenth of a percentage point in the unemployment rate took it to its lowest level since May 2007. The decline reflected both an increase in hiring and people leaving the labor force.

After the financial crisis of 2008, the African-American unemployment rate surged, reaching 16.8 percent in 2010. It has gradually declined since then.

SYDNEY—Australia enjoyed another month of solid jobs growth in September, with the annual pace of gains sprinting ahead to a healthy 3.1 percent and nudging the unemployment rate lower.

economic growth and a low unemployment rate, inflationary pressure remains muted,” Citibank said.

Bernstein and Eberstadt represent two typical and contrasting approaches to the unemployment problem.

In August 2025, unemployment among 20- to 24-year-olds peaked at more than 9 percent, more than double the general rate of 4.3 percent.

Because the tracker uses only data from state unemployment claims, workers who lose their jobs but do not claim unemployment benefits are left out of the data.

Gallup publishes on its website the U6 unemployment rate, which it calls "real unemployment."

It said that three of the more commonly defrauded pandemic-relief programs included the Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance programs, the Small Business Administration’s PPP, and the COVID-19 EIDL program.

The unemployment rate is around 4 percent, and it is expected to remain low for the remainder of the year. This year’s job growth is outpacing last year’s numbers. A store window at a restaurant in St. George, Utah, on Sept. 15, 2025.

“Transitioning from the military to a career in trucking not only delivers economic opportunity for our nation's veterans but also generates measurable value for communities and employers through reduced unemployment costs and long-term career placement

“Meanwhile, ordinary citizens face the existential pressures of unemployment and falling incomes, enduring far greater hardship.

In another sign that the eurozone recovery is gaining momentum, Eurostat said unemployment across the region fell to 9.6 percent in December.

Unemployment rates among migrants in Europe are high—twice that of natives in France and Spain.

The urban unemployment rate averaged 5.2 percent in the first half of the year, dipping to 5.0 percent in June, down 0.1 percentage point from May.

Meanwhile, the official urban unemployment rate averaged 5.2 percent in the first six months of the year.

"By exporting excess goods instead of shutting down factories, China is essentially exporting its unemployment problem to other countries, which they are unwilling and unable to accept." 

The unemployment situation has also improved, with fewer Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the week ending July 4 than in the previous week. At 215,000 claims, the figure was also below economists' expectations of 218,000 claims.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

This category consists of people on the margins of unemployment, informal workers, and those without stable employment relationships.

Unveiling his plan to tackle soaring youth unemployment on July 28, Burnham said that under his premiership, Britain would “value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap.”

The June nonfarm payrolls report revealed softer-than-expected job growth, while the unemployment rate continued to hover near a historically low level of about 4 percent.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 185,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.4 percent.