US labor market

Employment, unemployment, payroll, claims, openings, quits, and wage indicators from BLS and DOL public data.

As of: 2026-08-08.

Macro Thread

• US labor market - 12 indicators, 3 mapped SIC sectors

Indicators

• UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
• CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
• U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
• PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
• CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
• EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
• UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
• CE16OV - Employment Level
• ICSA - Initial Claims
• JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
• JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
• AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private

Related SIC Divisions

• Retail Trade
• Manufacturing
• Services

Sources

Macro Data

• UNRATE - FRED series UNRATE, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CES0500000003 - FRED series CES0500000003, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U6RATE - FRED series U6RATE, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• PAYEMS - FRED series PAYEMS, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CIVPART - FRED series CIVPART, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• EMRATIO - FRED series EMRATIO, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• UNEMPLOY - FRED series UNEMPLOY, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CE16OV - FRED series CE16OV, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• ICSA - FRED series ICSA, source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration
• JTSJOL - FRED series JTSJOL, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• JTSQUR - FRED series JTSQUR, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• AWHAETP - FRED series AWHAETP, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

SEC Data