Figure 10. Percentage of the unemployed who found employment, remained unemployed, or left the labor force, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, April 1990–December 2019
Month Found employment Left the labor force Remained unemployed

Apr 1990

29.6 21.1 49.3

May 1990

28.4 20.8 50.7

Jun 1990

28.2 20.4 51.4

Jul 1990

28.3 20.4 51.3

Aug 1990

28.2 20.4 51.4

Sep 1990

26.7 19.9 53.4

Oct 1990

26.7 19.3 54.0

Nov 1990

26.2 19.3 54.5

Dec 1990

26.4 19.3 54.3

Jan 1991

25.7 19.6 54.7

Feb 1991

25.4 19.4 55.1

Mar 1991

25.4 19.1 55.5

Apr 1991

26.0 18.2 55.7

May 1991

25.3 18.3 56.4

Jun 1991

25.3 18.3 56.4

Jul 1991

24.1 18.9 57.0

Aug 1991

24.6 18.8 56.6

Sep 1991

24.9 18.7 56.4

Oct 1991

25.0 18.8 56.2

Nov 1991

24.7 18.5 56.8

Dec 1991

23.3 18.7 58.0

Jan 1992

24.0 18.1 57.8

Feb 1992

23.4 17.6 59.0

Mar 1992

23.6 17.1 59.3

Apr 1992

22.5 17.4 60.1

May 1992

22.8 17.6 59.6

Jun 1992

22.9 17.5 59.6

Jul 1992

22.9 17.5 59.6

Aug 1992

22.6 17.5 59.8

Sep 1992

22.7 18.1 59.2

Oct 1992

22.8 18.5 58.8

Nov 1992

23.3 18.4 58.3

Dec 1992

23.5 18.5 57.9

Jan 1993

23.4 18.1 58.4

Feb 1993

23.0 19.0 58.0

Mar 1993

23.0 19.0 58.0

Apr 1993

23.3 19.0 57.7

May 1993

23.9 18.0 58.1

Jun 1993

23.7 17.4 58.9

Jul 1993

24.0 17.7 58.3

Aug 1993

23.8 18.4 57.8

Sep 1993

23.8 19.1 57.1

Oct 1993

23.7 19.1 57.3

Nov 1993

24.0 19.2 56.8

Dec 1993

25.0 19.2 55.8

Jan 1994

25.4 19.5 55.0

Feb 1994

25.7 20.0 54.3

Mar 1994

25.6 20.8 53.5

Apr 1994

25.7 21.8 52.5

May 1994

26.2 22.5 51.3

Jun 1994

26.2 23.3 50.4

Jul 1994

26.6 23.5 49.8

Aug 1994

26.9 23.4 49.7

Sep 1994

27.4 22.6 50.0

Oct 1994

27.1 22.3 50.6

Nov 1994

27.0 22.8 50.2

Dec 1994

28.0 23.1 48.9

Jan 1995

28.8 23.4 47.7

Feb 1995

29.0 23.1 47.8

Mar 1995

28.4 22.7 48.9

Apr 1995

28.3 22.1 49.6

May 1995

27.7 22.5 49.8

Jun 1995

27.5 22.8 49.7

Jul 1995

27.4 23.1 49.5

Aug 1995

28.2 22.6 49.2

Sep 1995

28.1 22.9 49.0

Oct 1995

28.5 23.5 48.0

Nov 1995

27.8 23.7 48.5

Dec 1995

27.1 23.5 49.4

Jan 1996

26.6 23.0 50.4

Feb 1996

26.8 23.1 50.1

Mar 1996

27.4 23.1 49.5

Apr 1996

27.3 23.0 49.7

May 1996

27.1 23.1 49.8

Jun 1996

27.1 23.6 49.3

Jul 1996

27.5 23.7 48.8

Aug 1996

28.2 23.4 48.4

Sep 1996

28.6 23.0 48.3

Oct 1996

28.9 22.5 48.5

Nov 1996

28.5 22.6 48.9

Dec 1996

27.8 22.0 50.1

Jan 1997

28.2 22.6 49.2

Feb 1997

28.6 22.4 49.0

Mar 1997

29.4 22.4 48.2

Apr 1997

28.7 22.7 48.6

May 1997

29.0 22.9 48.1

Jun 1997

29.3 23.3 47.4

Jul 1997

30.2 23.0 46.8

Aug 1997

29.3 23.6 47.0

Sep 1997

28.6 23.7 47.7

Oct 1997

28.1 24.1 47.8

Nov 1997

28.9 23.5 47.6

Dec 1997

30.1 23.6 46.3

Jan 1998

30.1 23.6 46.3

Feb 1998

30.5 24.2 45.2

Mar 1998

29.9 24.8 45.3

Apr 1998

30.8 25.0 44.1

May 1998

30.5 24.6 44.8

Jun 1998

31.0 23.6 45.4

Jul 1998

30.4 23.3 46.3

Aug 1998

30.9 23.0 46.1

Sep 1998

30.9 23.5 45.6

Oct 1998

31.0 23.6 45.4

Nov 1998

30.9 24.3 44.8

Dec 1998

30.7 25.1 44.2

Jan 1999

30.9 25.3 43.8

Feb 1999

31.0 24.9 44.0

Mar 1999

31.9 24.3 43.8

Apr 1999

31.2 24.3 44.4

May 1999

31.1 24.8 44.1

Jun 1999

30.4 24.4 45.2

Jul 1999

31.2 23.7 45.1

Aug 1999

31.6 23.0 45.4

Sep 1999

31.8 22.8 45.4

Oct 1999

31.7 23.4 44.8

Nov 1999

32.5 23.7 43.8

Dec 1999

33.1 24.5 42.4

Jan 2000

34.7 23.7 41.6

Feb 2000

33.6 23.7 42.7

Mar 2000

33.0 23.8 43.2

Apr 2000

32.5 24.5 43.0

May 2000

32.2 24.8 43.0

Jun 2000

32.1 25.1 42.7

Jul 2000

32.0 24.6 43.4

Aug 2000

32.5 24.5 43.0

Sep 2000

32.4 24.4 43.2

Oct 2000

32.5 24.3 43.2

Nov 2000

32.1 23.6 44.2

Dec 2000

31.5 22.7 45.8

Jan 2001

30.9 22.6 46.5

Feb 2001

30.7 23.1 46.2

Mar 2001

31.0 23.5 45.4

Apr 2001

30.6 24.4 45.0

May 2001

31.3 24.2 44.5

Jun 2001

31.1 23.8 45.0

Jul 2001

31.1 22.9 45.9

Aug 2001

30.0 22.5 47.5

Sep 2001

29.4 22.2 48.4

Oct 2001

28.4 22.0 49.6

Nov 2001

27.9 21.6 50.5

Dec 2001

27.0 21.3 51.7

Jan 2002

26.5 21.3 52.2

Feb 2002

26.8 20.8 52.4

Mar 2002

26.9 20.5 52.5

Apr 2002

26.8 19.9 53.3

May 2002

25.5 20.4 54.1

Jun 2002

24.6 20.8 54.7

Jul 2002

24.2 22.0 53.8

Aug 2002

24.6 21.7 53.6

Sep 2002

25.4 21.5 53.0

Oct 2002

25.7 20.9 53.4

Nov 2002

24.8 21.4 53.8

Dec 2002

23.8 21.4 54.7

Jan 2003

24.0 21.9 54.1

Feb 2003

23.8 21.7 54.5

Mar 2003

23.8 22.5 53.7

Apr 2003

23.5 21.7 54.7

May 2003

23.5 21.8 54.6

Jun 2003

23.7 20.9 55.4

Jul 2003

23.2 21.2 55.6

Aug 2003

23.4 21.5 55.1

Sep 2003

23.2 21.8 54.9

Oct 2003

23.3 22.1 54.6

Nov 2003

23.5 21.7 54.8

Dec 2003

24.5 21.9 53.6

Jan 2004

25.1 21.1 53.8

Feb 2004

24.9 21.8 53.2

Mar 2004

24.0 22.0 53.9

Apr 2004

24.2 22.8 53.0

May 2004

24.8 22.2 53.0

Jun 2004

25.2 21.9 52.9

Jul 2004

25.4 21.9 52.6

Aug 2004

25.1 22.8 52.1

Sep 2004

25.7 23.4 50.9

Oct 2004

26.1 23.3 50.7

Nov 2004

26.8 22.5 50.6

Dec 2004

26.6 22.2 51.1

Jan 2005

26.2 22.2 51.6

Feb 2005

26.1 21.9 52.0

Mar 2005

26.0 22.1 51.9

Apr 2005

26.3 22.2 51.5

May 2005

26.1 22.9 51.0

Jun 2005

26.1 23.0 50.8

Jul 2005

25.8 23.7 50.5

Aug 2005

26.8 23.7 49.5

Sep 2005

26.6 23.9 49.6

Oct 2005

26.6 23.8 49.6

Nov 2005

26.2 23.8 50.0

Dec 2005

26.5 24.5 49.0

Jan 2006

27.1 24.7 48.1

Feb 2006

26.6 25.0 48.4

Mar 2006

27.0 24.2 48.7

Apr 2006

27.0 24.2 48.8

May 2006

27.7 24.4 47.8

Jun 2006

28.3 24.6 47.0

Jul 2006

28.6 24.6 46.8

Aug 2006

28.9 24.5 46.6

Sep 2006

29.0 24.1 46.8

Oct 2006

28.6 24.4 46.9

Nov 2006

28.5 23.8 47.7

Dec 2006

28.8 23.6 47.6

Jan 2007

29.2 22.7 48.0

Feb 2007

29.6 23.5 46.8

Mar 2007

29.6 23.6 46.8

Apr 2007

29.2 23.5 47.3

May 2007

28.9 22.9 48.2

Jun 2007

27.4 22.9 49.6

Jul 2007

27.4 23.0 49.6

Aug 2007

26.9 22.8 50.2

Sep 2007

27.3 22.6 50.1

Oct 2007

27.1 22.6 50.3

Nov 2007

26.9 23.0 50.1

Dec 2007

26.9 22.3 50.8

Jan 2008

26.9 21.5 51.5

Feb 2008

26.4 21.9 51.6

Mar 2008

26.3 22.6 51.0

Apr 2008

26.4 23.9 49.7

May 2008

26.2 23.0 50.8

Jun 2008

25.3 22.6 52.1

Jul 2008

24.3 21.2 54.5

Aug 2008

23.8 21.1 55.1

Sep 2008

23.9 21.3 54.8

Oct 2008

23.4 21.6 55.0

Nov 2008

22.5 21.3 56.2

Dec 2008

21.0 21.0 58.0

Jan 2009

20.1 20.6 59.2

Feb 2009

19.5 20.0 60.4

Mar 2009

18.6 19.4 61.9

Apr 2009

18.2 18.8 62.9

May 2009

17.3 18.7 64.0

Jun 2009

17.6 18.2 64.2

Jul 2009

17.3 18.4 64.3

Aug 2009

17.3 18.7 63.9

Sep 2009

17.1 18.8 64.0

Oct 2009

16.4 18.7 64.9

Nov 2009

16.6 18.2 65.2

Dec 2009

15.9 18.6 65.4

Jan 2010

16.3 18.7 64.9

Feb 2010

16.2 18.9 64.9

Mar 2010

16.8 18.7 64.4

Apr 2010

17.3 18.5 64.2

May 2010

17.6 18.9 63.5

Jun 2010

17.2 19.5 63.3

Jul 2010

16.9 20.0 63.0

Aug 2010

16.7 20.0 63.2

Sep 2010

16.8 19.9 63.3

Oct 2010

16.6 19.9 63.5

Nov 2010

16.6 19.7 63.7

Dec 2010

17.0 19.9 63.0

Jan 2011

16.9 20.3 62.4

Feb 2011

16.7 20.8 62.1

Mar 2011

16.7 20.6 62.4

Apr 2011

16.7 20.5 62.8

May 2011

16.8 20.4 62.8

Jun 2011

16.9 20.5 62.6

Jul 2011

17.1 20.6 62.3

Aug 2011

17.2 20.4 62.4

Sep 2011

17.2 20.8 62.0

Oct 2011

17.5 20.2 62.3

Nov 2011

17.9 20.3 61.8

Dec 2011

18.3 19.9 61.8

Jan 2012

18.4 20.7 60.9

Feb 2012

18.4 21.0 60.6

Mar 2012

18.3 21.2 60.4

Apr 2012

18.1 21.1 60.8

May 2012

18.0 21.2 60.8

Jun 2012

17.8 21.2 61.0

Jul 2012

17.9 21.2 60.9

Aug 2012

17.8 21.7 60.5

Sep 2012

18.1 22.2 59.6

Oct 2012

18.6 22.6 58.7

Nov 2012

18.8 22.8 58.4

Dec 2012

18.4 22.7 58.9

Jan 2013

18.1 22.1 59.8

Feb 2013

18.4 21.8 59.8

Mar 2013

18.4 21.8 59.7

Apr 2013

18.5 21.9 59.6

May 2013

18.7 21.4 59.9

Jun 2013

19.3 20.9 59.8

Jul 2013

19.7 21.4 58.9

Aug 2013

19.6 22.0 58.4

Sep 2013

19.2 22.2 58.5

Oct 2013

18.6 22.9 58.5

Nov 2013

18.7 22.5 58.8

Dec 2013

19.3 22.9 57.8

Jan 2014

20.3 22.8 56.9

Feb 2014

21.3 22.5 56.1

Mar 2014

21.9 22.0 56.1

Apr 2014

22.0 22.2 55.9

May 2014

21.5 23.2 55.3

Jun 2014

21.5 23.9 54.6

Jul 2014

21.4 23.7 54.9

Aug 2014

21.7 23.6 54.6

Sep 2014

21.8 23.4 54.7

Oct 2014

22.9 23.3 53.8

Nov 2014

23.0 23.7 53.3

Dec 2014

23.4 24.1 52.5

Jan 2015

22.7 24.4 52.9

Feb 2015

22.8 24.9 52.3

Mar 2015

22.8 25.0 52.1

Apr 2015

23.4 25.0 51.5

May 2015

23.6 24.1 52.3

Jun 2015

23.9 24.2 51.9

Jul 2015

23.3 24.8 51.8

Aug 2015

24.0 25.2 50.7

Sep 2015

23.9 25.2 50.8

Oct 2015

24.6 24.4 50.9

Nov 2015

24.5 23.9 51.6

Dec 2015

25.1 22.9 51.9

Jan 2016

25.3 23.4 51.4

Feb 2016

24.4 24.3 51.2

Mar 2016

23.7 24.2 52.1

Apr 2016

22.9 24.0 53.1

May 2016

23.6 24.2 52.2

Jun 2016

23.9 24.6 51.4

Jul 2016

24.8 24.1 51.1

Aug 2016

24.5 22.9 52.5

Sep 2016

24.6 22.3 53.0

Oct 2016

25.0 22.6 52.3

Nov 2016

25.8 23.5 50.6

Dec 2016

25.7 24.7 49.6

Jan 2017

25.9 23.8 50.2

Feb 2017

26.3 22.6 51.0

Mar 2017

26.5 22.2 51.1

Apr 2017

26.5 23.0 50.4

May 2017

26.3 23.4 50.3

Jun 2017

26.6 23.7 49.7

Jul 2017

27.5 23.7 48.8

Aug 2017

27.3 24.0 48.6

Sep 2017

27.8 23.7 48.5

Oct 2017

27.3 24.4 48.3

Nov 2017

27.8 23.8 48.4

Dec 2017

27.6 24.1 48.3

Jan 2018

27.2 23.9 48.9

Feb 2018

27.4 24.2 48.4

Mar 2018

27.6 24.4 48.0

Apr 2018

27.9 24.4 47.7

May 2018

27.5 24.8 47.7

Jun 2018

27.0 24.2 48.8

Jul 2018

26.8 24.2 49.0

Aug 2018

27.4 24.1 48.5

Sep 2018

27.7 25.0 47.3

Oct 2018

28.3 24.6 47.1

Nov 2018

28.2 25.1 46.7

Dec 2018

28.5 23.9 47.6

Jan 2019

28.2 23.5 48.2

Feb 2019

27.7 24.3 47.8

Mar 2019

27.8 24.6 47.5

Apr 2019

27.4 25.4 47.2

May 2019

27.2 24.7 48.0

Jun 2019

27.2 25.0 47.7

Jul 2019

27.6 24.5 47.9

Aug 2019

27.9 23.8 48.3

Sep 2019

27.7 24.1 48.2

Oct 2019

27.0 24.7 48.2

Nov 2019

26.7 24.8 48.5

Dec 2019

27.6 24.4 48.0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.