Us Unemployment Rate 2024 By Month. Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 100,000 in october, according to the dow jones consensus estimate. The us economy added 142,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% from 4.3%, according to friday data from the bureau of labor statistics.

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force. Us unemployment rate (i:usur) 4.10% for oct 2024