Unemployment rate: 3.8 % (2023-12-31)
Reporting and findings
- documented
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment rate of 3.8 % for 2023-12-01 through 2023-12-31. Population: U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Unemployment rate [UNRATE] via FREDSeries UNRATE; observation 2023-12-01; monthly source frequency; CSV snapshot 2026-09-06
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
Figures
Unemployment rate3.8 % Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over
- Period
- 2023-12-01 to 2023-12-31
- As of
- 2023-12-31
- Method
- UNRATE as retrieved from FRED on 2026-09-06. Original monthly observations, dated at period end.
- Uncertainty
- Seasonally adjusted U-3 unemployment. Does not measure involuntary part-time work or everyone who has stopped looking for a job.