U6 unemployment rate in the United States for June

U.S. Department of Labor announced the U6 unemployment rate in the United States for June on 2025-07-03. The reported figure stands at 7.7%, with the prior figure recorded as 7.80%.

Regarding the U6 unemployment rate in the United States for June, U4 and U6 refer to data on some discouraged workers, which is important because often, even when the unemployment rate is low, U6 shows that the number of people who have given up looking for work is high, reflecting a serious situation of underemployment. Therefore, U1 to U6 cannot be ignored. Additionally, many financial institutions believe that the U6 unemployment rate more accurately reflects the employment situation in the U.S., helping to estimate expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, The unemployment rate released by the U.S. Department of Labor is derived from a survey of 6,000 households. Therefore, to accurately grasp the state of the job market, in addition to the officially published data, there are multiple detailed indicators to pay attention to, ranging from U1 to U6. U1 represents the percentage of the labor force that has been unemployed for 15 weeks or more; U2 is the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed or has completed temporary work; U3 is the officially published unemployment rate, which includes the International Labor Organization (ILO) definition, namely those without jobs but actively seeking work in the past four weeks; U4 is U3 plus those who have stopped looking for work because they believe there are no job openings available due to the economic environment; U5 is U4 plus the marginally attached workforce, or those who are capable of working but have not recently looked for work. U6 is U5 plus part-time workers who wish to find full-time employment but are unable to do so due to economic reasons.

This data holds an importance level of , calculated using Using the labor force population as the denominator, rather than the total population, the equation does not account for the non-labor force population, and updates Once a month (announced on the first Friday of each month, excluding special holidays or statistical cycle issues). The next release is set for 2025-08-01 20:30:00.

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