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Percent

Date	Unemployment rate	Black unemployment rate
Jan-68	3.7	ND
Feb-68	3.8	ND
Mar-68	3.7	ND
Apr-68	3.5	ND
May-68	3.5	ND
Jun-68	3.7	ND
Jul-68	3.7	ND
Aug-68	3.5	ND
Sep-68	3.4	ND
Oct-68	3.4	ND
Nov-68	3.4	ND
Dec-68	3.4	ND
Jan-69	3.4	ND
Feb-69	3.4	ND
Mar-69	3.4	ND
Apr-69	3.4	ND
May-69	3.4	ND
Jun-69	3.5	ND
Jul-69	3.6	ND
Aug-69	3.5	ND
Sep-69	3.7	ND
Oct-69	3.7	ND
Nov-69	3.5	ND
Dec-69	3.5	ND
Jan-70	3.9	ND
Feb-70	4.2	ND
Mar-70	4.4	ND
Apr-70	4.6	ND
May-70	4.8	ND
Jun-70	4.9	ND
Jul-70	5.0	ND
Aug-70	5.1	ND
Sep-70	5.4	ND
Oct-70	5.5	ND
Nov-70	5.9	ND
Dec-70	6.1	ND
Jan-71	6.0	ND
Feb-71	5.9	ND
Mar-71	6.0	ND
Apr-71	5.9	ND
May-71	5.9	ND
Jun-71	5.9	ND
Jul-71	6.0	ND
Aug-71	6.1	ND
Sep-71	6.0	ND
Oct-71	5.8	ND
Nov-71	6.0	ND
Dec-71	6.0	ND
Jan-72	5.8	11.2
Feb-72	5.7	11.2
Mar-72	5.8	10.7
Apr-72	5.7	9.8
May-72	5.7	10.2
Jun-72	5.7	10.2
Jul-72	5.6	10.5
Aug-72	5.6	10.6
Sep-72	5.6	10.4
Oct-72	5.6	10.6
Nov-72	5.3	10.0
Dec-72	5.2	9.4
Jan-73	4.9	9.1
Feb-73	5.0	9.5
Mar-73	5.0	9.4
Apr-73	5.0	9.9
May-73	4.9	9.6
Jun-73	4.9	9.8
Jul-73	4.8	9.8
Aug-73	4.8	9.2
Sep-73	4.8	9.7
Oct-73	4.6	8.8
Nov-73	4.9	9.3
Dec-73	4.9	9.0
Jan-74	5.1	9.5
Feb-74	5.2	9.8
Mar-74	5.1	9.8
Apr-74	5.1	9.5
May-74	5.1	9.7
Jun-74	5.4	10.1
Jul-74	5.5	10.4
Aug-74	5.5	9.9
Sep-74	5.9	10.8
Oct-74	6.0	11.5
Nov-74	6.6	12.4
Dec-74	7.2	13.1
Jan-75	8.1	14.1
Feb-75	8.1	14.4
Mar-75	8.6	15.1
Apr-75	8.8	15.3
May-75	9.0	15.1
Jun-75	8.8	15.0
Jul-75	8.6	14.1
Aug-75	8.4	15.2
Sep-75	8.4	15.4
Oct-75	8.4	14.9
Nov-75	8.3	14.6
Dec-75	8.2	14.5
Jan-76	7.9	14.3
Feb-76	7.7	14.4
Mar-76	7.6	13.5
Apr-76	7.7	13.8
May-76	7.4	13.2
Jun-76	7.6	14.3
Jul-76	7.8	13.9
Aug-76	7.8	14.3
Sep-76	7.6	13.7
Oct-76	7.7	13.9
Nov-76	7.8	14.0
Dec-76	7.8	14.1
Jan-77	7.5	13.8
Feb-77	7.6	14.2
Mar-77	7.5	13.9
Apr-77	7.2	12.8
May-77	7.0	13.5
Jun-77	7.2	13.9
Jul-77	6.9	13.9
Aug-77	7.0	15.1
Sep-77	6.8	14.5
Oct-77	6.8	14.5
Nov-77	6.8	14.7
Dec-77	6.4	13.6
Jan-78	6.4	13.9
Feb-78	6.3	13.1
Mar-78	6.3	13.1
Apr-78	6.1	12.9
May-78	6.0	13.0
Jun-78	5.9	12.8
Jul-78	6.2	13.0
Aug-78	5.9	12.3
Sep-78	6.0	11.9
Oct-78	5.8	11.8
Nov-78	5.9	12.7
Dec-78	6.0	12.4
Jan-79	5.9	12.4
Feb-79	5.9	13.1
Mar-79	5.8	12.5
Apr-79	5.8	12.9
May-79	5.6	12.4
Jun-79	5.7	12.2
Jul-79	5.7	12.1
Aug-79	6.0	12.4
Sep-79	5.9	11.7
Oct-79	6.0	12.3
Nov-79	5.9	11.9
Dec-79	6.0	12.2
Jan-80	6.3	13.0
Feb-80	6.3	12.9
Mar-80	6.3	12.9
Apr-80	6.9	13.8
May-80	7.5	14.4
Jun-80	7.6	14.6
Jul-80	7.8	15.3
Aug-80	7.7	14.6
Sep-80	7.5	14.8
Oct-80	7.5	15.1
Nov-80	7.5	15.1
Dec-80	7.2	15.0
Jan-81	7.5	14.6
Feb-81	7.4	14.7
Mar-81	7.4	15.1
Apr-81	7.2	14.7
May-81	7.5	14.8
Jun-81	7.5	15.7
Jul-81	7.2	15.0
Aug-81	7.4	16.3
Sep-81	7.6	15.9
Oct-81	7.9	16.7
Nov-81	8.3	16.8
Dec-81	8.5	17.2
Jan-82	8.6	17.3
Feb-82	8.9	17.7
Mar-82	9.0	18.1
Apr-82	9.3	18.2
May-82	9.4	18.5
Jun-82	9.6	18.5
Jul-82	9.8	18.8
Aug-82	9.9	18.9
Sep-82	10.1	19.7
Oct-82	10.4	20.1
Nov-82	10.8	20.2
Dec-82	10.9	20.9
Jan-83	10.4	21.2
Feb-83	10.4	19.9
Mar-83	10.3	20.1
Apr-83	10.2	20.4
May-83	10.1	20.3
Jun-83	10.1	20.7
Jul-83	9.4	19.4
Aug-83	9.5	19.7
Sep-83	9.2	18.8
Oct-83	8.8	18.2
Nov-83	8.5	17.5
Dec-83	8.3	17.8
Jan-84	8.0	17.3
Feb-84	7.8	16.2
Mar-84	7.8	16.6
Apr-84	7.8	16.5
May-84	7.4	15.7
Jun-84	7.2	15.6
Jul-84	7.5	16.7
Aug-84	7.5	16.0
Sep-84	7.4	15.0
Oct-84	7.4	15.3
Nov-84	7.2	15.0
Dec-84	7.3	15.2
Jan-85	7.3	15.2
Feb-85	7.2	15.8
Mar-85	7.2	15.1
Apr-85	7.3	15.1
May-85	7.2	15.2
Jun-85	7.4	14.4
Jul-85	7.4	15.2
Aug-85	7.1	14.3
Sep-85	7.1	15.2
Oct-85	7.1	15.0
Nov-85	7.0	15.6
Dec-85	7.0	15.0
Jan-86	6.7	14.5
Feb-86	7.2	14.4
Mar-86	7.2	14.6
Apr-86	7.1	14.8
May-86	7.2	14.6
Jun-86	7.2	15.1
Jul-86	7.0	14.4
Aug-86	6.9	14.8
Sep-86	7.0	14.9
Oct-86	7.0	14.6
Nov-86	6.9	14.3
Dec-86	6.7	13.7
Jan-87	6.6	14.0
Feb-87	6.6	13.8
Mar-87	6.6	13.8
Apr-87	6.3	12.9
May-87	6.3	13.6
Jun-87	6.2	12.9
Jul-87	6.1	12.9
Aug-87	6.0	12.6
Sep-87	5.9	12.6
Oct-87	6.0	12.3
Nov-87	5.8	12.1
Dec-87	5.8	12.1
Jan-88	5.8	12.0
Feb-88	5.7	12.4
Mar-88	5.7	12.7
Apr-88	5.4	12.2
May-88	5.6	12.3
Jun-88	5.4	11.5
Jul-88	5.4	11.6
Aug-88	5.6	11.4
Sep-88	5.4	11.0
Oct-88	5.4	11.1
Nov-88	5.3	11.0
Dec-88	5.3	11.3
Jan-89	5.4	11.8
Feb-89	5.2	11.9
Mar-89	5.0	11.1
Apr-89	5.2	11.1
May-89	5.2	11.2
Jun-89	5.3	11.7
Jul-89	5.2	11.0
Aug-89	5.2	11.1
Sep-89	5.3	11.7
Oct-89	5.3	11.7
Nov-89	5.4	11.7
Dec-89	5.4	11.6
Jan-90	5.4	11.1
Feb-90	5.3	11.0
Mar-90	5.2	10.9
Apr-90	5.4	10.7
May-90	5.4	10.6
Jun-90	5.3	10.5
Jul-90	5.5	11.4
Aug-90	5.7	11.7
Sep-90	5.9	12.1
Oct-90	5.9	12.1
Nov-90	6.2	12.4
Dec-90	6.3	12.4
Jan-91	6.4	11.9
Feb-91	6.6	12.2
Mar-91	6.8	12.5
Apr-91	6.7	12.7
May-91	6.9	12.8
Jun-91	6.9	12.5
Jul-91	6.8	11.9
Aug-91	6.9	12.4
Sep-91	6.9	12.3
Oct-91	7.0	13.3
Nov-91	7.1	12.5
Dec-91	7.3	12.9
Jan-92	7.3	13.5
Feb-92	7.4	14.2
Mar-92	7.4	14.1
Apr-92	7.4	14.1
May-92	7.6	14.7
Jun-92	7.8	14.6
Jul-92	7.7	14.4
Aug-92	7.6	14.2
Sep-92	7.6	13.9
Oct-92	7.3	14.3
Nov-92	7.5	14.1
Dec-92	7.4	14.3
Jan-93	7.3	14.1
Feb-93	7.2	13.5
Mar-93	7.0	13.7
Apr-93	7.1	14.0
May-93	7.1	13.1
Jun-93	7.1	13.4
Jul-93	6.9	12.7
Aug-93	6.8	12.3
Sep-93	6.7	12.5
Oct-93	6.8	11.8
Nov-93	6.6	12.6
Dec-93	6.5	11.7
Jan-94	6.6	13.1
Feb-94	6.6	12.8
Mar-94	6.5	12.4
Apr-94	6.4	11.9
May-94	6.1	11.7
Jun-94	6.1	11.3
Jul-94	6.1	10.9
Aug-94	6.0	11.2
Sep-94	5.9	10.6
Oct-94	5.8	11.3
Nov-94	5.6	10.8
Dec-94	5.5	9.9
Jan-95	5.6	10.3
Feb-95	5.4	10.1
Mar-95	5.4	9.7
Apr-95	5.8	10.7
May-95	5.6	10.0
Jun-95	5.6	10.7
Jul-95	5.7	10.9
Aug-95	5.7	11.1
Sep-95	5.6	11.1
Oct-95	5.5	10.0
Nov-95	5.6	9.7
Dec-95	5.6	10.2
Jan-96	5.7	10.6
Feb-96	5.5	10.0
Mar-96	5.5	10.6
Apr-96	5.6	10.7
May-96	5.6	10.2
Jun-96	5.3	10.4
Jul-96	5.5	10.6
Aug-96	5.1	10.6
Sep-96	5.2	10.6
Oct-96	5.2	10.7
Nov-96	5.4	10.6
Dec-96	5.4	10.5
Jan-97	5.3	10.8
Feb-97	5.3	10.7
Mar-97	5.2	10.5
Apr-97	5.1	10.2
May-97	4.9	10.3
Jun-97	5.0	10.8
Jul-97	4.9	9.5
Aug-97	4.8	9.4
Sep-97	4.9	9.5
Oct-97	4.7	9.5
Nov-97	4.6	9.5
Dec-97	4.7	10.0
Jan-98	4.7	9.4
Feb-98	4.6	9.3
Mar-98	4.7	9.2
Apr-98	4.3	9.1
May-98	4.4	8.9
Jun-98	4.5	8.8
Jul-98	4.6	9.5
Aug-98	4.5	8.8
Sep-98	4.6	9.1
Oct-98	4.5	8.6
Nov-98	4.4	8.6
Dec-98	4.4	7.7
Jan-99	4.3	7.8
Feb-99	4.4	8.2
Mar-99	4.2	8.0
Apr-99	4.3	7.8
May-99	4.2	7.4
Jun-99	4.3	7.7
Jul-99	4.3	8.7
Aug-99	4.2	7.7
Sep-99	4.2	8.5
Oct-99	4.1	8.4
Nov-99	4.1	8.0
Dec-99	4.0	7.8
Jan-00	4.0	8.2
Feb-00	4.1	8.1
Mar-00	4.0	7.4
Apr-00	3.8	7.0
May-00	4.0	7.7
Jun-00	4.0	7.8
Jul-00	4.0	7.7
Aug-00	4.1	7.9
Sep-00	4.0	7.3
Oct-00	3.9	7.3
Nov-00	4.0	7.3
Dec-00	3.9	7.4
Jan-01	4.2	8.2
Feb-01	4.2	7.7
Mar-01	4.3	8.3
Apr-01	4.4	8.0
May-01	4.3	7.9
Jun-01	4.5	8.3
Jul-01	4.6	8.0
Aug-01	4.9	9.1
Sep-01	5.0	8.9
Oct-01	5.3	9.5
Nov-01	5.6	9.8
Dec-01	5.7	10.1
Jan-02	5.7	10.0
Feb-02	5.7	9.9
Mar-02	5.8	10.5
Apr-02	5.9	10.7
May-02	5.8	10.2
Jun-02	5.8	10.5
Jul-02	5.8	9.8
Aug-02	5.7	9.8
Sep-02	5.7	9.7
Oct-02	5.7	9.8
Nov-02	5.9	10.7
Dec-02	6.0	11.3
Jan-03	5.8	10.5
Feb-03	5.9	10.7
Mar-03	5.9	10.3
Apr-03	6.0	10.9
May-03	6.1	10.9
Jun-03	6.3	11.5
Jul-03	6.2	10.9
Aug-03	6.1	10.9
Sep-03	6.1	11.1
Oct-03	6.0	11.4
Nov-03	5.8	10.2
Dec-03	5.7	10.1
Jan-04	5.7	10.4
Feb-04	5.6	9.7
Mar-04	5.8	10.3
Apr-04	5.6	9.8
May-04	5.6	10.1
Jun-04	5.6	10.2
Jul-04	5.5	11.0
Aug-04	5.4	10.5
Sep-04	5.4	10.3
Oct-04	5.5	10.8
Nov-04	5.4	10.7
Dec-04	5.4	10.7
Jan-05	5.3	10.6
Feb-05	5.4	10.9
Mar-05	5.2	10.5
Apr-05	5.2	10.3
May-05	5.1	10.1
Jun-05	5.0	10.2
Jul-05	5.0	9.2
Aug-05	4.9	9.7
Sep-05	5.0	9.4
Oct-05	5.0	9.1
Nov-05	5.0	10.6
Dec-05	4.9	9.2
Jan-06	4.7	8.9
Feb-06	4.8	9.5
Mar-06	4.7	9.5
Apr-06	4.7	9.4
May-06	4.6	8.7
Jun-06	4.6	8.9
Jul-06	4.7	9.5
Aug-06	4.7	8.8
Sep-06	4.5	9.0
Oct-06	4.4	8.4
Nov-06	4.5	8.5
Dec-06	4.4	8.3
Jan-07	4.7	7.9
Feb-07	4.5	8.0
Mar-07	4.4	8.4
Apr-07	4.5	8.3
May-07	4.4	8.3
Jun-07	4.6	8.5
Jul-07	4.7	8.1
Aug-07	4.6	7.6
Sep-07	4.7	8.0
Oct-07	4.7	8.5
Nov-07	4.7	8.5
Dec-07	5.0	9.0
Jan-08	5.0	9.1
Feb-08	4.9	8.4
Mar-08	5.1	9.2
Apr-08	5.0	8.6
May-08	5.4	9.6
Jun-08	5.6	9.4
Jul-08	5.8	10.0
Aug-08	6.1	10.6
Sep-08	6.1	11.3
Oct-08	6.5	11.4
Nov-08	6.8	11.5
Dec-08	7.3	12.1
Jan-09	7.8	12.7
Feb-09	8.4	13.7
Mar-09	8.7	13.7
Apr-09	9.0	15.0
May-09	9.4	15.0
Jun-09	9.5	14.8
Jul-09	9.5	14.8
Aug-09	9.6	14.8
Sep-09	9.8	15.3
Oct-09	10.0	15.8
Nov-09	9.9	15.7
Dec-09	9.9	16.1
Jan-10	9.8	16.5
Feb-10	9.8	16.1
Mar-10	9.9	16.8
Apr-10	9.9	16.6
May-10	9.6	15.5
Jun-10	9.4	15.2
Jul-10	9.4	15.6
Aug-10	9.5	15.9
Sep-10	9.5	16.0
Oct-10	9.5	15.6
Nov-10	9.8	16.2
Dec-10	9.3	15.5
Jan-11	9.1	15.8
Feb-11	9.0	15.5
Mar-11	9.0	15.8
Apr-11	9.1	16.5
May-11	9.0	16.3
Jun-11	9.1	16.2
Jul-11	9.0	15.9
Aug-11	9.0	16.4
Sep-11	9.1	15.9
Oct-11	8.8	14.6
Nov-11	8.6	15.6
Dec-11	8.5	15.4
Jan-12	8.3	13.6
Feb-12	8.3	14.0
Mar-12	8.2	14.0
Apr-12	8.2	13.3
May-12	8.2	13.5
Jun-12	8.2	14.5
Jul-12	8.2	14.2
Aug-12	8.1	13.8
Sep-12	7.8	13.6
Oct-12	7.8	14.1
Nov-12	7.7	13.3
Dec-12	7.9	14.0
Jan-13	8.0	13.7
Feb-13	7.7	13.8
Mar-13	7.5	13.0
Apr-13	7.6	13.3
May-13	7.5	13.4
Jun-13	7.5	14.2
Jul-13	7.3	12.6
Aug-13	7.3	12.8
Sep-13	7.2	13.0
Oct-13	7.2	12.8
Nov-13	7.0	12.3
Dec-13	6.7	11.9
Jan-14	6.6	12.1
Feb-14	6.7	11.8
Mar-14	6.7	12.1
Apr-14	6.2	11.6
May-14	6.3	11.4
Jun-14	6.1	11.0
Jul-14	6.2	11.6
Aug-14	6.2	11.4
Sep-14	5.9	11.0
Oct-14	5.8	10.6
Nov-14	5.8	10.9
Dec-14	5.6	10.6
Jan-15	5.7	10.3
Feb-15	5.5	10.1
Mar-15	5.4	9.9
Apr-15	5.4	9.7
May-15	5.6	10.3
Jun-15	5.3	9.7
Jul-15	5.2	9.1
Aug-15	5.1	9.4
Sep-15	5.0	9.3
Oct-15	5.0	9.0
Nov-15	5.1	9.4
Dec-15	5.0	8.5
Jan-16	4.8	8.5
Feb-16	4.9	8.6
Mar-16	5.0	8.9
Apr-16	5.1	8.8
May-16	4.8	8.2
Jun-16	4.9	8.7
Jul-16	4.8	8.2
Aug-16	4.9	8.0
Sep-16	5.0	8.5
Oct-16	4.9	8.5
Nov-16	4.7	8.2
Dec-16	4.7	8.0
Jan-17	4.7	7.4
Feb-17	4.6	8.0
Mar-17	4.4	7.9
Apr-17	4.5	7.8
May-17	4.4	7.6
Jun-17	4.3	7.1
Jul-17	4.3	7.2
Aug-17	4.4	7.5
Sep-17	4.3	7.2
Oct-17	4.1	7.6
Nov-17	4.2	7.5
Dec-17	4.1	6.9
Jan-18	4.0	7.5
Feb-18	4.1	6.8
Mar-18	4.0	6.6
Apr-18	4.1	6.5
May-18	3.8	5.8
Jun-18	4.0	6.5
Jul-18	3.8	6.4
Aug-18	3.8	6.2
Sep-18	3.7	6.2
Oct-18	3.8	6.4
Nov-18	3.8	6.2
Dec-18	3.9	6.8
Jan-19	4.0	6.9
Feb-19	3.8	7.0
Mar-19	3.8	6.5
Apr-19	3.7	6.6
May-19	3.7	6.1
Jun-19	3.6	6.0
Jul-19	3.7	5.6
Aug-19	3.7	5.2
Sep-19	3.5	5.4
Oct-19	3.6	5.6
Nov-19	3.6	5.7
Dec-19	3.6	6.2
Jan-20	3.5	6.1
Feb-20	3.5	6.0

Note: Published data on unemployment rates by race start in 1972.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Percent

Date	All workers	Workers without a college degree
Jan-07	83.4	80.8
Feb-07	83.2	80.5
Mar-07	83.2	80.6
Apr-07	83.0	80.6
May-07	83.0	80.5
Jun-07	82.9	80.1
Jul-07	82.9	80.2
Aug-07	82.9	80.4
Sep-07	82.8	80.6
Oct-07	82.7	80.6
Nov-07	82.9	80.8
Dec-07	83.1	80.7
Jan-08	83.3	80.5
Feb-08	83.2	80.2
Mar-08	83.3	80.5
Apr-08	83.1	80.4
May-08	83.1	80.4
Jun-08	83.1	80.3
Jul-08	83.1	80.3
Aug-08	83.2	80.5
Sep-08	83.1	80.6
Oct-08	83.0	80.7
Nov-08	83.0	80.7
Dec-08	82.8	80.3
Jan-09	82.8	80.2
Feb-09	82.8	80.2
Mar-09	82.6	80.1
Apr-09	82.8	80.0
May-09	82.9	79.8
Jun-09	82.9	79.7
Jul-09	82.8	79.8
Aug-09	82.8	79.8
Sep-09	82.5	79.5
Oct-09	82.5	79.5
Nov-09	82.4	79.7
Dec-09	82.0	79.2
Jan-10	82.4	79.7
Feb-10	82.3	79.7
Mar-10	82.4	79.9
Apr-10	82.6	79.8
May-10	82.3	79.3
Jun-10	82.2	79.1
Jul-10	81.9	78.9
Aug-10	82.0	79.3
Sep-10	82.0	79.4
Oct-10	81.8	79.2
Nov-10	82.0	79.3
Dec-10	81.9	79.0
Jan-11	81.7	78.9
Feb-11	81.6	78.6
Mar-11	81.7	78.6
Apr-11	81.7	78.4
May-11	81.7	78.5
Jun-11	81.7	78.3
Jul-11	81.4	78.2
Aug-11	81.6	78.4
Sep-11	81.5	78.6
Oct-11	81.3	78.5
Nov-11	81.5	78.6
Dec-11	81.6	78.7
Jan-12	81.5	78.6
Feb-12	81.5	78.3
Mar-12	81.5	78.2
Apr-12	81.4	77.9
May-12	81.4	78.1
Jun-12	81.5	78.1
Jul-12	81.4	77.9
Aug-12	81.4	78.0
Sep-12	81.5	78.2
Oct-12	81.6	78.5
Nov-12	81.2	77.9
Dec-12	81.4	78.0
Jan-13	81.1	77.7
Feb-13	81.0	77.4
Mar-13	81.0	77.4
Apr-13	81.0	77.4
May-13	81.2	78.0
Jun-13	81.2	77.6
Jul-13	81.2	77.6
Aug-13	81.0	77.3
Sep-13	81.0	77.5
Oct-13	80.6	77.1
Nov-13	81.0	77.5
Dec-13	80.8	77.2
Jan-14	80.9	77.1
Feb-14	81.1	77.3
Mar-14	81.1	77.5
Apr-14	80.8	77.1
May-14	80.7	77.1
Jun-14	81.0	77.2
Jul-14	80.8	77.4
Aug-14	81.1	77.7
Sep-14	80.8	77.5
Oct-14	80.9	77.4
Nov-14	80.9	77.2
Dec-14	80.9	77.0
Jan-15	81.0	77.3
Feb-15	80.9	77.0
Mar-15	80.8	77.0
Apr-15	81.0	77.3
May-15	81.1	77.4
Jun-15	80.9	77.0
Jul-15	80.7	76.7
Aug-15	80.7	77.0
Sep-15	80.6	77.1
Oct-15	80.8	77.1
Nov-15	80.9	77.2
Dec-15	80.9	77.0
Jan-16	81.1	77.4
Feb-16	81.1	77.4
Mar-16	81.3	77.5
Apr-16	81.2	77.4
May-16	81.2	77.4
Jun-16	81.3	77.2
Jul-16	81.3	77.5
Aug-16	81.4	77.5
Sep-16	81.5	77.9
Oct-16	81.5	77.9
Nov-16	81.4	77.8
Dec-16	81.3	77.7
Jan-17	81.5	77.6
Feb-17	81.5	77.8
Mar-17	81.6	77.9
Apr-17	81.7	78.0
May-17	81.7	77.8
Jun-17	81.7	77.7
Jul-17	81.8	77.6
Aug-17	81.7	77.7
Sep-17	81.9	78.1
Oct-17	81.6	77.9
Nov-17	81.8	78.4
Dec-17	81.8	78.3
Jan-18	81.7	78.1
Feb-18	82.0	78.3
Mar-18	82.0	78.2
Apr-18	82.0	78.2
May-18	81.9	77.9
Jun-18	82.1	78.1
Jul-18	82.1	78.0
Aug-18	82.0	77.7
Sep-18	81.9	78.0
Oct-18	82.3	78.7
Nov-18	82.2	78.5
Dec-18	82.3	78.5
Jan-19	82.4	78.6
Feb-19	82.4	78.4
Mar-19	82.4	78.6
Apr-19	82.2	78.4
May-19	82.2	78.1
Jun-19	82.3	78.0
Jul-19	82.1	78.0
Aug-19	82.6	78.5
Sep-19	82.7	78.9
Oct-19	82.9	79.1
Nov-19	82.9	79.0
Dec-19	82.9	79.1
Jan-20	83.0	79.0
Feb-20	82.9	78.8

Note: Prime age refers to ages 25 to 54.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Board staff calculations using microdata from the Current Population Survey

Country	Percent
TURKEY	62.35
MEXICO	71.51
S. AFRICA	71.90
ITALY	72.87
CROATIA	73.28
N. MACEDONIA	73.48
BRAZIL	75.00
ROMANIA	76.10
S. KOREA	76.56
INDONESIA	76.68
GREECE	76.79
POLAND	76.80
NAMIBA	76.86
BELGIUM	77.19
CHILE	77.26
COSTA RICA	77.64
USA	78.20
LUXEMBOURG	79.38
IRELAND	79.40
FRANCE	79.71
MALTA	79.89
HUNGARY	80.30
SLOVAKIA	80.39
ISRAEL	80.40
COLOMBIA	80.70
AUSTRIA	80.92
RUSSIA	81.02
AUSTRALIA	81.02
SPAIN	81.03
BULGARIA	81.13
SLOVENIA	81.84
CANADA	82.12
GREAT BRITAIN	82.34
CYPRUS	83.30
DENMARK	83.38
FINLAND	83.46
NETHERLANDS	83.46
NORWAY	83.52
PORTUGAL	83.67
LATVIA	84.12
CZECH	84.40
GERMANY	84.41
ESTONIA	84.66
NEWZELAND	85.32
JAPAN	85.45
LITHUANIA	85.74
SWITZERLAND	87.63
ICELAND	88.91
SWEDEN	89.07

Note: OECD is Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2021), ''Labour force participation rate'' (indicator), https://doi.org/10.1787/8a801325-en (accessed on February 1, 2021).

Percent

Date	Top wage quartile	Top-middle wage quartile	Bottom-middle wage quartile	Bottom wage quartile
Jan-07	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.8
Feb-07	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9
Mar-07	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Apr-07	4.0	3.9	4.0	4.0
May-07	4.0	3.8	4.1	4.1
Jun-07	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
Jul-07	4.1	3.9	4.2	4.2
Aug-07	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.3
Sep-07	4.2	4.0	4.1	4.4
Oct-07	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.6
Nov-07	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.6
Dec-07	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.6
Jan-08	4.0	4.1	3.9	4.6
Feb-08	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.6
Mar-08	4.0	4.1	3.9	4.5
Apr-08	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.5
May-08	4.1	4.2	3.8	4.6
Jun-08	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.7
Jul-08	4.0	4.1	3.8	4.7
Aug-08	4.0	4.1	3.9	4.5
Sep-08	4.0	4.1	3.9	4.4
Oct-08	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.3
Nov-08	4.1	4.1	3.8	4.3
Dec-08	4.2	4.0	3.8	4.1
Jan-09	4.2	4.0	3.8	4.0
Feb-09	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.9
Mar-09	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.8
Apr-09	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7
May-09	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Jun-09	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5
Jul-09	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.3
Aug-09	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2
Sep-09	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.1
Oct-09	3.0	3.0	2.9	3.0
Nov-09	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9
Dec-09	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.7
Jan-10	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.6
Feb-10	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.5
Mar-10	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.5
Apr-10	2.2	2.2	1.8	2.3
May-10	2.2	2.0	1.6	2.1
Jun-10	2.1	1.8	1.6	2.1
Jul-10	2.1	1.7	1.4	2.0
Aug-10	2.1	1.7	1.5	2.0
Sep-10	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.9
Oct-10	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.8
Nov-10	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.8
Dec-10	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.8
Jan-11	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.7
Feb-11	2.2	1.5	1.6	1.7
Mar-11	2.2	1.4	1.7	1.6
Apr-11	2.1	1.4	1.8	1.6
May-11	2.2	1.5	1.9	1.6
Jun-11	2.3	1.6	1.9	1.4
Jul-11	2.3	1.7	2.0	1.4
Aug-11	2.3	1.8	2.0	1.5
Sep-11	2.3	1.7	2.0	1.5
Oct-11	2.4	1.9	2.1	1.5
Nov-11	2.5	1.9	2.0	1.4
Dec-11	2.4	1.8	2.2	1.3
Jan-12	2.4	1.9	2.2	1.3
Feb-12	2.3	2.0	2.3	1.2
Mar-12	2.2	2.1	2.3	1.2
Apr-12	2.4	2.1	2.3	1.2
May-12	2.2	2.1	2.3	1.3
Jun-12	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.4
Jul-12	2.1	2.1	2.4	1.4
Aug-12	2.1	2.0	2.4	1.2
Sep-12	2.2	2.1	2.5	1.2
Oct-12	2.2	1.9	2.5	1.3
Nov-12	2.2	2.1	2.5	1.4
Dec-12	2.3	2.2	2.6	1.5
Jan-13	2.3	2.2	2.6	1.5
Feb-13	2.4	2.3	2.5	1.5
Mar-13	2.4	2.4	2.5	1.5
Apr-13	2.3	2.4	2.5	1.4
May-13	2.5	2.4	2.4	1.4
Jun-13	2.6	2.4	2.3	1.3
Jul-13	2.6	2.4	2.4	1.4
Aug-13	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.5
Sep-13	2.5	2.5	2.4	1.5
Oct-13	2.4	2.6	2.5	1.4
Nov-13	2.3	2.5	2.5	1.4
Dec-13	2.2	2.5	2.5	1.4
Jan-14	2.2	2.4	2.5	1.6
Feb-14	2.1	2.3	2.6	1.8
Mar-14	2.1	2.3	2.6	1.9
Apr-14	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.0
May-14	2.1	2.3	2.6	2.0
Jun-14	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.1
Jul-14	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.1
Aug-14	2.0	2.4	2.5	2.1
Sep-14	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.2
Oct-14	2.2	2.6	2.6	2.4
Nov-14	2.3	2.7	2.6	2.5
Dec-14	2.3	2.7	2.6	2.6
Jan-15	2.3	2.9	2.6	2.7
Feb-15	2.5	2.9	2.6	2.6
Mar-15	2.6	3.0	2.6	2.8
Apr-15	2.7	3.1	2.8	2.9
May-15	2.7	3.2	2.7	3.2
Jun-15	2.8	3.1	2.9	3.3
Jul-15	2.9	3.0	2.9	3.6
Aug-15	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.6
Sep-15	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.5
Oct-15	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.6
Nov-15	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.5
Dec-15	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.5
Jan-16	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.4
Feb-16	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.5
Mar-16	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.5
Apr-16	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.6
May-16	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.6
Jun-16	3.0	3.0	3.4	3.7
Jul-16	3.1	3.0	3.3	3.7
Aug-16	3.2	3.1	3.4	3.8
Sep-16	3.1	3.2	3.6	4.0
Oct-16	3.1	3.3	3.6	4.1
Nov-16	3.1	3.3	3.6	4.1
Dec-16	3.1	3.3	3.5	4.2
Jan-17	3.2	3.2	3.5	4.2
Feb-17	3.2	3.2	3.5	4.1
Mar-17	3.3	3.2	3.5	4.3
Apr-17	3.3	3.3	3.4	4.2
May-17	3.3	3.3	3.3	4.1
Jun-17	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.9
Jul-17	3.4	3.3	3.2	4.0
Aug-17	3.3	3.4	3.2	4.1
Sep-17	3.3	3.4	2.9	4.0
Oct-17	3.2	3.3	2.9	3.9
Nov-17	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.8
Dec-17	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.7
Jan-18	3.2	3.3	3.0	3.7
Feb-18	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.8
Mar-18	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.8
Apr-18	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.8
May-18	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.8
Jun-18	3.0	3.1	3.0	4.0
Jul-18	2.9	3.1	3.0	4.0
Aug-18	2.8	3.1	3.0	4.0
Sep-18	2.8	3.0	3.1	4.1
Oct-18	3.0	3.0	3.1	4.2
Nov-18	3.1	3.2	3.0	4.3
Dec-18	3.0	3.3	3.1	4.4
Jan-19	3.0	3.3	3.1	4.5
Feb-19	3.1	3.4	3.0	4.5
Mar-19	3.0	3.5	3.0	4.4
Apr-19	3.1	3.6	3.1	4.4
May-19	3.1	3.6	3.2	4.4
Jun-19	3.1	3.6	3.3	4.5
Jul-19	3.2	3.7	3.3	4.5
Aug-19	3.2	3.6	3.4	4.4
Sep-19	3.2	3.7	3.5	4.5
Oct-19	3.0	3.7	3.5	4.4
Nov-19	2.9	3.6	3.5	4.5
Dec-19	3.0	3.5	3.5	4.6
Jan-20	3.1	3.5	3.5	4.7
Feb-20	3.1	3.5	3.7	4.7

Note: Three-month moving average of the median 12-month change in individual wages.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Millions

Date	Payroll employment
Jan-07	137.48
Feb-07	137.56
Mar-07	137.79
Apr-07	137.84
May-07	137.99
Jun-07	138.07
Jul-07	138.04
Aug-07	138.02
Sep-07	138.10
Oct-07	138.17
Nov-07	138.28
Dec-07	138.39
Jan-08	138.40
Feb-08	138.32
Mar-08	138.28
Apr-08	138.04
May-08	137.86
Jun-08	137.69
Jul-08	137.49
Aug-08	137.21
Sep-08	136.75
Oct-08	136.27
Nov-08	135.55
Dec-08	134.84
Jan-09	134.06
Feb-09	133.31
Mar-09	132.51
Apr-09	131.82
May-09	131.48
Jun-09	131.01
Jul-09	130.67
Aug-09	130.49
Sep-09	130.24
Oct-09	130.05
Nov-09	130.06
Dec-09	129.79
Jan-10	129.79
Feb-10	129.70
Mar-10	129.88
Apr-10	130.11
May-10	130.65
Jun-10	130.51
Jul-10	130.43
Aug-10	130.42
Sep-10	130.36
Oct-10	130.63
Nov-10	130.75
Dec-10	130.82
Jan-11	130.84
Feb-11	131.05
Mar-11	131.29
Apr-11	131.60
May-11	131.70
Jun-11	131.94
Jul-11	132.00
Aug-11	132.13
Sep-11	132.36
Oct-11	132.56
Nov-11	132.69
Dec-11	132.90
Jan-12	133.25
Feb-12	133.51
Mar-12	133.75
Apr-12	133.83
May-12	133.93
Jun-12	134.01
Jul-12	134.16
Aug-12	134.33
Sep-12	134.52
Oct-12	134.68
Nov-12	134.83
Dec-12	135.07
Jan-13	135.26
Feb-13	135.54
Mar-13	135.68
Apr-13	135.87
May-13	136.09
Jun-13	136.27
Jul-13	136.39
Aug-13	136.63
Sep-13	136.82
Oct-13	137.04
Nov-13	137.30
Dec-13	137.37
Jan-14	137.55
Feb-14	137.71
Mar-14	137.97
Apr-14	138.29
May-14	138.51
Jun-14	138.84
Jul-14	139.07
Aug-14	139.26
Sep-14	139.57
Oct-14	139.82
Nov-14	140.11
Dec-14	140.38
Jan-15	140.57
Feb-15	140.84
Mar-15	140.91
Apr-15	141.19
May-15	141.53
Jun-15	141.70
Jul-15	142.00
Aug-15	142.13
Sep-15	142.28
Oct-15	142.59
Nov-15	142.82
Dec-15	143.10
Jan-16	143.17
Feb-16	143.43
Mar-16	143.66
Apr-16	143.85
May-16	143.89
Jun-16	144.16
Jul-16	144.51
Aug-16	144.65
Sep-16	144.92
Oct-16	145.06
Nov-16	145.21
Dec-16	145.44
Jan-17	145.63
Feb-17	145.82
Mar-17	145.94
Apr-17	146.14
May-17	146.30
Jun-17	146.51
Jul-17	146.73
Aug-17	146.91
Sep-17	146.93
Oct-17	147.20
Nov-17	147.42
Dec-17	147.55
Jan-18	147.67
Feb-18	148.08
Mar-18	148.25
Apr-18	148.39
May-18	148.67
Jun-18	148.89
Jul-18	149.02
Aug-18	149.27
Sep-18	149.35
Oct-18	149.55
Nov-18	149.68
Dec-18	149.87
Jan-19	150.13
Feb-19	150.14
Mar-19	150.28
Apr-19	150.49
May-19	150.58
Jun-19	150.76
Jul-19	150.95
Aug-19	151.16
Sep-19	151.37
Oct-19	151.55
Nov-19	151.81
Dec-19	152.00
Jan-20	152.21
Feb-20	152.46
Mar-20	151.09
Apr-20	130.30
May-20	133.03
Jun-20	137.81
Jul-20	139.57
Aug-20	141.06
Sep-20	141.77
Oct-20	142.43
Nov-20	142.76
Dec-20	142.62
Jan-21	142.88

Note: Red arrows indicate the peak-to-trough change in employment during the Great Recession and the decline in employment from February 2020 to January 2021.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Percent

Date	Published unemployment	"+" misclassification error	"+" labor force decline since February
Feb-20	3.5	3.5	3.5
Mar-20	4.4	5.4	6.5
Apr-20	14.8	19.8	23.7
May-20	13.3	16.3	19.6
Jun-20	11.1	12.1	14.8
Jul-20	10.2	11.2	13.8
Aug-20	8.4	9.1	11.4
Sep-20	7.8	8.2	11.1
Oct-20	6.9	7.2	9.7
Nov-20	6.7	7.1	9.8
Dec-20	6.7	7.3	10

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Board staff calculations.

Percent

Date	Bottom	Bottom-middle	Top-middle	Top
8-Feb-20	100	100	100	100
15-Feb-20	100	100	100	100
22-Feb-20	100	100	100	100
29-Feb-20	100	100	99	99
7-Mar-20	99	100	99	99
14-Mar-20	97	99	99	99
21-Mar-20	88	96	97	98
28-Mar-20	75	88	93	96
4-Apr-20	66	84	90	94
11-Apr-20	62	80	88	93
18-Apr-20	60	79	88	93
25-Apr-20	60	78	87	92
2-May-20	62	79	87	93
9-May-20	64	79	88	93
16-May-20	66	80	88	93
23-May-20	68	81	89	93
30-May-20	70	83	90	93
6-Jun-20	72	83	90	93
13-Jun-20	75	84	91	94
20-Jun-20	76	84	90	94
27-Jun-20	77	85	91	93
4-Jul-20	77	84	91	93
11-Jul-20	78	84	91	94
18-Jul-20	78	84	91	94
25-Jul-20	79	85	91	94
1-Aug-20	79	85	91	94
8-Aug-20	79	85	91	94
15-Aug-20	80	85	91	94
22-Aug-20	81	86	92	94
29-Aug-20	81	86	92	93
5-Sep-20	82	86	92	93
12-Sep-20	82	86	91	94
19-Sep-20	82	87	92	94
26-Sep-20	82	87	92	94
3-Oct-20	83	87	92	93
10-Oct-20	82	86	91	93
17-Oct-20	84	87	92	94
24-Oct-20	84	88	92	94
31-Oct-20	84	88	92	94
7-Nov-20	83	88	92	94
14-Nov-20	83	88	92	94
21-Nov-20	84	89	93	95
28-Nov-20	83	88	93	95
5-Dec-20	83	88	93	95
12-Dec-20	83	89	93	95
19-Dec-20	83	89	94	96
26-Dec-20	84	89	94	95
2-Jan-21	82	89	94	95
9-Jan-21	83	91	96	96

Note: Employment indexed to 100 as of Feb. 15, 2020. Wage quartiles are defined using the February 2020 wage distribution.

Source: Board staff calculations based on employment data from ADP, Inc.

Percentage points

Date	White	Black	Asian	Hispanic
Feb-20	3.0	6.0	2.4	4.4
Mar-20	3.9	6.8	4.1	6
Apr-20	14.1	16.7	14.5	18.9
May-20	12.3	16.7	14.9	17.6
Jun-20	10.1	15.3	13.9	14.5
Jul-20	9.2	14.4	11.9	12.7
Aug-20	7.4	12.8	10.6	10.5
Sep-20	7.0	12.0	8.8	10.3
Oct-20	6.0	10.8	7.6	8.8
Nov-20	5.9	10.3	6.7	8.4
Dec-20	6.0	9.9	5.9	9.3

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Percent

Date	Temporary	Permanent
Jan-07	0.67	1.05
Feb-07	0.68	1.07
Mar-07	0.56	1.05
Apr-07	0.66	1.07
May-07	0.63	1.11
Jun-07	0.58	1.15
Jul-07	0.67	1.22
Aug-07	0.63	1.24
Sep-07	0.60	1.24
Oct-07	0.68	1.23
Nov-07	0.64	1.24
Dec-07	0.63	1.31
Jan-08	0.69	1.30
Feb-08	0.65	1.34
Mar-08	0.70	1.40
Apr-08	0.72	1.39
May-08	0.69	1.46
Jun-08	0.71	1.54
Jul-08	0.70	1.64
Aug-08	0.81	1.76
Sep-08	0.87	1.90
Oct-08	0.86	2.18
Nov-08	0.92	2.40
Dec-08	0.97	2.57
Jan-09	0.97	3.03
Feb-09	0.98	3.30
Mar-09	1.05	3.61
Apr-09	1.09	3.84
May-09	1.16	4.01
Jun-09	1.11	4.13
Jul-09	1.11	4.13
Aug-09	1.07	4.25
Sep-09	1.23	4.33
Oct-09	1.09	4.40
Nov-09	0.99	4.43
Dec-09	0.98	4.37
Jan-10	0.95	4.19
Feb-10	1.02	4.36
Mar-10	1.08	4.24
Apr-10	0.90	4.28
May-10	0.95	4.18
Jun-10	0.88	4.16
Jul-10	0.78	4.19
Aug-10	0.94	4.10
Sep-10	0.87	4.12
Oct-10	0.83	3.99
Nov-10	0.94	4.18
Dec-10	0.89	3.87
Jan-11	0.80	3.81
Feb-11	0.85	3.71
Mar-11	0.81	3.71
Apr-11	0.84	3.63
May-11	0.81	3.68
Jun-11	0.77	3.63
Jul-11	0.77	3.63
Aug-11	0.77	3.53
Sep-11	0.78	3.50
Oct-11	0.81	3.40
Nov-11	0.77	3.29
Dec-11	0.80	3.27
Jan-12	0.83	3.07
Feb-12	0.75	3.03
Mar-12	0.74	2.99
Apr-12	0.72	2.92
May-12	0.74	2.93
Jun-12	0.80	2.94
Jul-12	0.87	2.87
Aug-12	0.75	2.85
Sep-12	0.76	2.76
Oct-12	0.70	2.73
Nov-12	0.70	2.68
Dec-12	0.72	2.65
Jan-13	0.77	2.65
Feb-13	0.70	2.63
Mar-13	0.72	2.51
Apr-13	0.77	2.51
May-13	0.64	2.44
Jun-13	0.74	2.40
Jul-13	0.75	2.31
Aug-13	0.65	2.39
Sep-13	0.72	2.26
Oct-13	1.02	2.28
Nov-13	0.71	2.22
Dec-13	0.65	2.10
Jan-14	0.66	2.11
Feb-14	0.65	2.07
Mar-14	0.67	2.06
Apr-14	0.68	1.95
May-14	0.68	1.87
Jun-14	0.63	1.79
Jul-14	0.62	1.70
Aug-14	0.70	1.67
Sep-14	0.60	1.68
Oct-14	0.57	1.60
Nov-14	0.66	1.58
Dec-14	0.61	1.53
Jan-15	0.58	1.49
Feb-15	0.65	1.41
Mar-15	0.65	1.39
Apr-15	0.64	1.42
May-15	0.72	1.42
Jun-15	0.65	1.37
Jul-15	0.61	1.40
Aug-15	0.60	1.35
Sep-15	0.59	1.36
Oct-15	0.63	1.35
Nov-15	0.57	1.38
Dec-15	0.58	1.30
Jan-16	0.53	1.17
Feb-16	0.60	1.22
Mar-16	0.58	1.30
Apr-16	0.56	1.34
May-16	0.58	1.28
Jun-16	0.71	1.20
Jul-16	0.61	1.27
Aug-16	0.62	1.22
Sep-16	0.66	1.22
Oct-16	0.64	1.18
Nov-16	0.55	1.21
Dec-16	0.64	1.18
Jan-17	0.66	1.23
Feb-17	0.61	1.27
Mar-17	0.59	1.13
Apr-17	0.59	1.16
May-17	0.53	1.12
Jun-17	0.58	1.10
Jul-17	0.64	1.04
Aug-17	0.64	1.08
Sep-17	0.58	1.07
Oct-17	0.57	1.04
Nov-17	0.59	0.98
Dec-17	0.58	1.02
Jan-18	0.54	1.01
Feb-18	0.52	1.07
Mar-18	0.51	1.01
Apr-18	0.54	0.91
May-18	0.49	0.91
Jun-18	0.59	0.91
Jul-18	0.54	0.88
Aug-18	0.54	0.79
Sep-18	0.53	0.74
Oct-18	0.53	0.82
Nov-18	0.52	0.81
Dec-18	0.46	0.88
Jan-19	0.59	0.88
Feb-19	0.47	0.82
Mar-19	0.52	0.87
Apr-19	0.45	0.83
May-19	0.53	0.81
Jun-19	0.52	0.83
Jul-19	0.51	0.82
Aug-19	0.51	0.81
Sep-19	0.47	0.75
Oct-19	0.50	0.75
Nov-19	0.48	0.86
Dec-19	0.48	0.81
Jan-20	0.39	0.79
Feb-20	0.46	0.79
Mar-20	1.26	0.93
Apr-20	11.53	1.30
May-20	9.67	1.46
Jun-20	6.64	1.79
Jul-20	5.77	1.78
Aug-20	3.84	2.07
Sep-20	2.89	2.29
Oct-20	2.01	2.25
Nov-20	1.72	2.32
Dec-20	1.89	2.10

Note: Number of individuals on permanent and temporary layoff as a percent of the labor force.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Figure 1. Unemployment Rate

Figure 2. Prime-Age Labor Force Participation

Figure 3. Labor Force Participation Rate in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries: 25-64 Year Olds, 2019

Figure 4. Wage Growth for Low Earners

Figure 5. Payroll Employment

Figure 6. Official and Alternative Unemployment Rates

Figure 7. Employment by Wage Quartile

Figure 8. Change in Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity since February 2020

Figure 9. Permanent and Temporary Layoffs