Unemployment rate: 4.2 % (2017-11-30)
Reporting and findings
- documented
Unemployment rate: 4.2 %, period ending 2017-11-30. Population: U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over. Original source observation, dated at period end.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Unemployment rate [UNRATE] via FREDUNRATE; 2017-11-01 through 2017-11-30; source observation; retrieved 2026-09-14
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
Figures
Unemployment rate4.2 % Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over
- Period
- 2017-11-01 to 2017-11-30
- As of
- 2017-11-30
- Method
- Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-09-14.
- Uncertainty
- Seasonally adjusted U-3 unemployment. Does not measure involuntary part-time work or everyone who has stopped looking for a job.