Current Us Unemployment Rate 2025. The unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9 percent in february 2025, and the number of unemployed people increased by 334,000 to 6.5 million. The national unemployment rate currently stands at 4.1%, up from 3.8% a year ago.
About 4.1% in october 2025. The rate has ranged from 4.0.