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National Unemployment Update
Unemployment Down to 7.5 Percent for April 2013
May 3, 2013
Unemployment dropped slightly in April, to 7.5 percent. That's down by 0.4 percentage points since January 2013 and down from 8.1 percent in April 2012.
Over 11 million workers are currently unemployed, with 4.4 million of them considered long-term unemployed, having been jobless for 27 weeks or longer.
Employment was up by 165,000 jobs in April, close to the average growth of 169,000 jobs per month for the last year. Business sectors seeing job growth in April were business and professional services, leisure and hospitality, retail trade and health care. Employment in other major sectors remained steady, including construction, manufacturing, mining, wholesale trade, transportation, financial services and public employment.
Unemployment figures for May will be released on Friday, June 7, 2013.
U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Press Release
National Unemployment Rates, 2008 - 2013
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Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
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2013 |
7.9 |
7.7 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
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2012 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
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2011 |
9.0 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
9.0 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
9.0 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
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2010 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
9.9 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
9.8 |
9.4 |
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2009 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
8.5 |
8.9 |
9.4 |
9.5 |
9.4 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.2 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
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2008 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
7.2 |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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