The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment / unemployment report for September on November 20th, 2025.
Employment / Unemployment
- Delayed Due to Government Shut Down
- Last Available BLS Data (for September)
- Seasonally Adjusted U3- 4.4% Up from 4.3%
- Unadjusted U3- 4.3% Down from 4.5% in August
- Unadjusted U6- 7.7% Down from 8.2% in August
- Labor Force Participation Rate- 62.4% Up from 62.3%
- Employment- 159.732 million Up from 159.415 million
- Next data release December 16, 2025
Summary:
Total Employed increased in September, Unadjusted Unemployment was down, but Seasonally adjusted Unemployment increased.
According to the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
“Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 119,000 in September but has shown little change since April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The unemployment rate, at 4.4 percent, changed little in September. Employment continued to trend up in health care, food services and drinking places, and social assistance. Job losses occurred in transportation and warehousing and in federal government…
Publication of September data was delayed by more than 6 weeks because of a lapse in federal appropriations. Collection of September data for the household survey had been completed in accordance with our normal schedule prior to the federal government shutdown. September estimates from the establishment survey include both data collected on our normal schedule prior to the shutdown and also September data that businesses self-reported electronically during the shutdown…
Establishment survey data for October 2025 will be published with the November 2025 data… Household survey data were not collected for the October 2025 reference period “
You can read the full BLS report here.
Current Unemployment Rate Chart
Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment is up from 4.3% to 4.4%. As we can see, unemployment is 1% above the January and April lows of 2023 but relatively unchanged over the last year.
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