United States

Initial jobless claims

Name: Initial jobless claims data for United States
Creator: FRED
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New unemployment insurance claims filed during the week.

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Source: FRED · ICSA

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Initial jobless claims - United States in United States was 226K on June 13, 2026, lower by 4K (-1.7%) from the prior observation. Charted from weekly observations in number.

Latest226K

MoM-1.74%

YoY-7.00%

10Y Avg362K

Latest observationJune 13, 2026

Model surprise-2.61K

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Min162K

Mean360K

Max6.14M

Latest observationJune 13, 2026

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ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Labor definitions vary by survey and agency: Do not mix levels across definitions; compare rates or changes only after matching population, adjustment, and frequency.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 3,102 observations available; latest observation 2026-06-13; platform fetch 2026-06-18T15:20:46.505Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

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CitationInitial jobless claims - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): ICSA, United States, retrieved Jun 18, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 18, 2026

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SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryLabor

FrequencyWeekly

UnitNumber

Latest observationJune 13, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 18, 2026

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About this series

Initial Claims

The reading right now

As of June 2026, Initial jobless claims for United States stood at 226K. That is down 4K from the prior week. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 230.3K, ranging from a low of 190K in September 2022 to a high of 422K in June 2021. The current reading sits 135.9K below its trailing ten-year mean of 361.9K.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.