Unemployment Rate 2024 Usa. The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9% from 3.8% in march.
Earlier wednesday, the bureau of labor statistics reported, in a preliminary revision of the nonfarm payroll numbers from april 2023 through march 2024, that gains. Still, 4.1% is an historically low unemployment rate, 17 th percentile of.
