Total Unemployed, Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-6)

U6RATElaborFree tier

Series IDU6RATE
UnitsPercent
FrequencyMonthly
Categorylabor
Latest observation2026-09-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Total Unemployed, Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-6) observation, for 2026-09-01, is 7.6 Percent, down from 7.7 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 47.4% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value7.6 Percent
Previous7.7 (2026-08-01)
Change-0.1 (-1.3%)
First published value7.6
Last release2026-10-02
Vintages stored188
Observations392
Largest revision (5 years)2021-10-01: 8.3 → 8.2

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