Current Us Unemployment Rate 2024. The unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9 percent in february 2024, and the number of unemployed people increased by 334,000 to 6.5 million. The national unemployment rate currently stands at 4.1%, up from 3.8% a year ago.
About 4.1% in october 2024. The rate has ranged from 4.0.