Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment claims
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, seasonally adjusted jobless claims were 218,000 on 20 September 2025, versus 232,000 on 13 September 2025. This marks a reduction of 6.03 percent.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the graph has a total of 3,064 data points. The series covers the time period extending from January 1967 to September 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics computed on the full sample: claims reached their maximum of 6,137,000 on 4 April 2020; they recorded a minimum of 162,000 on 30 November 1968; they had a mean of 361,599.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 | 264,000 |
| 2025-09-13 | 232,000 |
| 2025-09-20 | 218,000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Initial unemployment claims (jobless claims) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | No |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of persons |
| Source | U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration |
| Source type | Federal Administration |
| Data licence | Unknown |
| Measure type | Level |
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Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3064 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-20 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3061 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-20 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3064 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-20 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3063 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-13 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3060 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-09-13 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3063 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-09-13 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2853 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-08-30 |