US initial jobless claims
New claims for unemployment insurance each week.
- Latest
- 199,000
- Previous
- 198,000
- Change
- +1,000
- Frequency
- Weekly
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US initial jobless claims
New claims for unemployment insurance each week.
- Jobless claims
- 199,000
Data table
| Period | Jobless claims |
|---|---|
| week to 10 Oct 2026 | 199,000 |
| week to 3 Oct 2026 | 198,000 |
| week to 26 Sep 2026 | 199,000 |
| week to 19 Sep 2026 | 198,000 |
| week to 12 Sep 2026 | 198,000 |
| week to 5 Sep 2026 | 207,000 |
| week to 29 Aug 2026 | 207,000 |
| week to 22 Aug 2026 | 204,000 |
| week to 15 Aug 2026 | 207,000 |
| week to 8 Aug 2026 | 212,000 |
| week to 1 Aug 2026 | 200,000 |
| week to 25 Jul 2026 | 198,000 |
About this indicator
- What it measures
- The number of people filing a first claim for state unemployment insurance in the week, seasonally adjusted.
- How it is calculated
- Compiled by the Department of Labor from state unemployment insurance agencies.
- How to read it
- The most timely labour-market indicator. A sustained rise points to more layoffs; single weeks are noisy, so look at the trend over several weeks.
- Caveats
- Holidays, storms and changes in state processing can distort individual weeks. The latest week is revised the following week.
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Typical release
- Every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, for the week ending the previous Saturday.
Sources
- Initial Claims View at the source (opens in a new tab)
Recent observations
Newest first. For a calculated figure, the source value it comes from is shown beside it.
| Period | Jobless claims | First recorded here |
|---|---|---|
| week to 10 Oct 2026 | 199,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 3 Oct 2026 | 198,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 26 Sep 2026 | 199,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 19 Sep 2026 | 198,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 12 Sep 2026 | 198,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 5 Sep 2026 | 207,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 29 Aug 2026 | 207,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 22 Aug 2026 | 204,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 15 Aug 2026 | 207,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 8 Aug 2026 | 212,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 1 Aug 2026 | 200,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 25 Jul 2026 | 198,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 18 Jul 2026 | 189,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 11 Jul 2026 | 209,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 4 Jul 2026 | 217,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 27 Jun 2026 | 217,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 20 Jun 2026 | 216,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 13 Jun 2026 | 227,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 6 Jun 2026 | 230,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 30 May 2026 | 225,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 23 May 2026 | 212,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 16 May 2026 | 210,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 9 May 2026 | 212,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| week to 2 May 2026 | 199,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
Revisions
We record a revision when a value we already hold changes at the source. Tracking began on 20 Oct 2026, so revisions made before then are not shown, and figures are in the source's own units.
No revisions detected
No stored value has changed since tracking began.
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