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The United States of America has two seperate unemployment rates.

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    (as of July 2021, seasonally adjusted):

    U1: Percentage of people who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or longer.
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed (for 15+ Weeks)}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
    2.9%
  • U2: Percentage of Job Losers (those who involuntarily lost their last job or who had completed a temporary job.)
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Job Losers}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
    3.1%
  • U3: Percentage of those without temporary, part-time, or full-time jobs (total unemployed). Most common figure of unemployment.
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Total Unemployed}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
    5.4%
  • U4: Percentage of total unemployed and discouraged workers (those who can legally work but aren't actively seeking).
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Total Unemployed + Discouraged Workers}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Discouraged Workers}} \times 100\)
    5.7%
  • U5: Percentage of total unemployed, discouraged workers and the marginally attatched
    (unemployed who are/were actively seeking jobs but have not searched for work in the 4 weeks)
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Total Unemployed + Marginally Attached}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Marginally Attached}} \times 100\)
    6.5%
  • U6: Percentage of total unemployed, marginally attached and part time due to economic reasons.
    \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed + Marginally Attached + Part Time}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Marginally Attached}} \times 100 \)
    9.2%

    • International Labour Organization
    (as of 2020):

    • LU1: Percentage of the labour force which is not currently employed.
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
      8.1%
    • LU2: Percentage of the unemployed and those who are under time-related underemployment
      (hours of work are insufficient in relation to an alternative employment situation)
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployment + Time-related Underemployment}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
      10%
    • LU3: Percentage of the unemployed and the potential labour force (those who are unemployed and are actively seeking)
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed + Potential Labour Force}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Potential Labour Force}} \times 100\)
      9%
    • LU4: Percentage of the unemployed, time-related underemployed and those in the potential labour force.
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed + Time-related Unemployment + Potential Labour Force}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Potential Labour Force}} \times 100\)
      11%

Sources:

  1. U-3 vs. U-6 Unemployment Rate: What's the Difference?
    2.
  2. Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
  3. Percent of Civilian Labor Force Unemployed 15 Weeks and Over (U-1)
  4. Unemployment Rate - Job Losers (U-2)
    5.
  5. Unemployment Rate (UNRATE)
    6.
  6. Total Unemployed Plus Discouraged Workers, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus Discouraged Workers (U-4)
  7. Total Unemployed, Plus Discouraged Workers, Plus All Other Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-5)
  8. Total Unemployed, Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-6)
  9. Avoiding unemployment is not enough - An analysis of other forms of labour underutilization
  10. Statistics on unemployment and supplementary measures of labour underutilization
  11. Glossary of Statistical Terms - Time Related Underemployment
  12. Persons outside the labour force: How inactive are they really?
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U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 LU1 LU2 LU3 LU4

    International Labour Organization
    (as of 2019):

    • LU1: Percentage of the labour force which is not currently employed.
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
      3.7%
    • LU2: Percentage of the unemployed and those who are under time-related underemployment
      (hours of work are insufficient in relation to an alternative employment situation)
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployment + Time-related Underemployment}}{\textnormal{Labor Force}} \times 100\)
      9%
    • LU3: Percentage of the unemployed and the potential labour force (those who are unemployed and are actively seeking)
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed + Potential Labour Force}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Potential Labour Force}} \times 100\)
      6%
    • LU4: Percentage of the unemployed, time-related underemployed and those in the potential labour force.
      \(\frac{\textnormal{Unemployed + Time-related Unemployment + Potential Labour Force}}{\textnormal{Labor Force + Potential Labour Force}} \times 100\)
      11%

Sources:

  1. Statistics on unemployment and supplementary measures of labour underutilization