Unemployment In The United States 2024. Unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in july and hiring slowed, adding to signs of a broader downturn in what has been a solid u.s. The unemployment rate reaches 4.1 percent by the end of 2023 and 4.7 percent by the end of 2024 before falling slightly, to 4.5 percent, in 2025.

Nevada had the highest unemployment. Flowers put the unemployment rate at 4.2 percent by the end of the year, up from its current 3.7 percent.