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Unemployment for January 2026 Was 4.3%

The published household-survey rate was 4.3 percent, down a tenth from December.

By Helen Voss, Rates Columnist

Washington1 min read

The United States Capitol building with its white dome against a blue sky
The United States Capitol building with its white dome against a blue skyPhoto by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash

The published unemployment rate for January 2026 was 4.3 percent. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey, as published by the St. Louis Fed.

The prior monthly reading was 4.4 percent, for December 2025. A one-tenth move is not, by itself, a turning point.

The published level of nonfarm payroll employment for January 2026 was 158,592 thousand jobs.

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