Us Employment Rate 2024. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.2%, as expected, with the household survey showing a pickup in employment growth and an expansion in the size of the. 32 rows employment rate in the united states averaged 59.25 percent from 1948 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 64.70 percent in april of 2000 and a record low of 51.20 percent in april of 2020.

Household employment rose 168,000 last month, more than absorbing the 120,000 people who entered the labor force. Us unemployment rate is at 4.20%, compared to 4.30% last month and 3.80% last year.