The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in June 2024, up from 4.0 percent in May, and later BLS analysis describes the increase during the first half of 2024.
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BLS reported that the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in June 2024, compared with 4.0 percent in May.
Unemployment rate little changed at 4.1 percent in June 2025 : The Economics Daily : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Verified September 1, 2026Key Evidence
The BLS reported a 4.1 percent national unemployment rate for June 2024, compared with 4.0 percent in May.
BLS’s later review of 2024 labor-market data describes unemployment as rising during the first half of the year, consistent with the reported monthly change.
The claim concerns the national, seasonally adjusted rate, not state-level unemployment figures or a later year’s data.
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What the Evidence Shows
BLS data support the claim. The national unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent in June 2024 from 4.0 percent in May, a month-to-month increase of 0.1 percentage point. A contemporaneous BLS release for June 2024 and the agency’s later Monthly Labor Review analysis both place the change within an increase in unemployment during the first half of 2024.bls.govbls.govUnemployment rate increases in the first half of 2024, before leveling off,...
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