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Economy at a Glance
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United States

United States - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021

Unemployment Rate(1)

 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.0

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 680 264 -306 233 (p)468 (p)916

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 29.52 29.61 29.91 29.92 (p)30.00 (p)29.96

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4  

Producer Price Index(5)

 0.6 0.0 (p)0.3 (p)1.3 (p)0.5 (p)1.0

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 -0.1 0.1 1.0 (r)1.4 (r)1.3  

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Average Hourly Earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Final Demand, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
United States - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 4th Qtr
2019		 1st Qtr
2020		 2nd Qtr
2020		 3rd Qtr
2020		 4th Qtr
2020

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Productivity(2)

 (r)1.5 (r)-0.8 (r)11.1 (r)4.2 (r)-4.2

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.
(r) Revised

Data extracted on: April 09, 2021

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.