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Economy at a Glance
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United States

United States - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025

Unemployment Rate(1)

 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 44 261 323 111 (p)117 (p)228

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 35.48 35.61 35.68 35.83 (p)35.91 (p)36.00

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2 -0.1

Producer Price Index(5)

 0.3 0.1 (p)0.5 (p)0.6 (p)0.1 (p)-0.4

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 (r)0.2 (r)0.2 (r)-0.1

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
2023		 1st Qtr
2024		 2nd Qtr
2024		 3rd Qtr
2024		 4th Qtr
2024

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9

Productivity(2)

 (r)3.5 (r)1.6 2.1 (r)2.9 (r)1.5

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 29, 2025

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.