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Unemployment for May 2025 Was 4.3%

The unemployment rate from the household survey was 4.3 percent in May 2025, up from 4.2 percent in April.

By Helen Voss, Rates Columnist

Washington1 min read

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The published unemployment rate for May 2025 was 4.3 percent. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey, as published by the St. Louis Fed. The rate was 4.2 percent in April 2025.

Nonfarm payroll employment stood at 158,498 thousand jobs in May 2025.

The unemployment rate and the payroll count come from different surveys. They can point different ways in the same month.

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