Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment claims
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the 4-week average of seasonally adjusted jobless claims were 229,500 on 12 July 2025, versus 235,750 on 5 July 2025. This represents a decrease of 2.65 percent.
Sample. There are 3,051 records in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1967 to July 2025.
History. Check out some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: claims recorded a bottom of 179,000 on 17 May 1969; they attained a maximum of 5,288,250 on 18 April 2020; they had an average value of 362,184.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 | 241250.0 |
| 2025-07-05 | 235750.0 |
| 2025-07-12 | 229500.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Initial unemployment claims (jobless claims) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | No |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of persons |
| Source | U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration |
| Source type | Federal Administration |
| Data licence | Unknown |
| Measure type | Level , 4-week average |
Series in the same data set: Unemployment claims
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3054 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-12 |
| Initial unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3051 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-07-12 |
| Initial unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3054 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-12 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3053 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-05 |
| Continued unemployment claims (seasonally adjusted; 4-week average) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3050 | 1967-01-28 | 2025-07-05 |
| Continued unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 3053 | 1967-01-07 | 2025-07-05 |
| Persons covered by unemployment insurance - United States - Department of Labor - Weekly | 2844 | 1971-01-02 | 2025-06-28 |