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Economy at a Glance
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United States

United States - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 May
2021		 June
2021		 July
2021		 Aug
2021

Unemployment Rate(1)

 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.2

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 785 269 614 962 (p)1,053 (p)235

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 29.97 30.17 30.31 30.44 (p)30.56 (p)30.73

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3

Producer Price Index(5)

 0.8 1.0 (p)0.5 (p)1.0 (p)1.0 (p)0.7

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 1.5 0.9 1.3 1.1 (r)0.4 (r)-0.3

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Average Hourly Earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Final Demand, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
United States - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 2nd Qtr
2020		 3rd Qtr
2020		 4th Qtr
2020		 1st Qtr
2021		 2nd Qtr
2021

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.7

Productivity(2)

 11.2 4.6 -3.4 4.3 (r)2.1

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.
(r) Revised

Data extracted on: September 17, 2021

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.