Initial Jobless Claims (seasonally adjusted)

The Initial Jobless Claims (seasonally adjusted) was 197,000 on 2026-07-25, per U.S. Employment and Training Administration via FRED.

Latest 197,000
Change vs previous +9,000
As of Source cadence: weekly, week-ending Saturday — released Thursdays (DOL/ETA) · schedule ↗ Behind schedule — a newer value was expected by 2026-08-03
Unit Thousands

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Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration via FRED · Source data · As of · 1,334 observations

Recent observations

The most recent 60 observations, newest first. Change is against the previous published observation, not the previous calendar day — the series is only published on days the source publishes it.

Date Value Change
197,000 +9,000
188,000 -21,000
209,000 -8,000
217,000 0
217,000 +1,000
216,000 -11,000
227,000 -3,000
230,000 +5,000
225,000 +13,000
212,000 +2,000
210,000 -2,000
212,000 +13,000
199,000 +9,000
190,000 -25,000
215,000 +7,000
208,000 -10,000
218,000 +15,000
203,000 -8,000
211,000 +6,000
205,000 -8,000
213,000 -1,000
214,000 +3,000
211,000 +3,000
208,000 -22,000
230,000 0
230,000 +19,000
211,000 +1,000
210,000 +9,000
201,000 -6,000
207,000 +4,000
203,000 -12,000
215,000 -9,000
224,000 -11,000
235,000 +19,000
216,000 -2,000
218,000 -4,000
222,000 -6,000
228,000 0
228,000 +7,000
221,000 -10,000
231,000 +9,000
222,000 -11,000
233,000 +8,000
225,000 +6,000
219,000 -14,000
233,000 -26,000
259,000 +23,000
236,000 +7,000
229,000 -4,000
233,000 +9,000
224,000 -2,000
226,000 +7,000
219,000 +1,000
218,000 -3,000
221,000 -7,000
228,000 -3,000
231,000 -5,000
236,000 -7,000
243,000 -3,000
246,000 —

Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration via FRED · As of · Showing 60 of 1,334 observations; the chart above plots the full history.

Methodology

The number of new filings for unemployment insurance in the week, seasonally adjusted, reported weekly by the Department of Labor. It is the highest-frequency read on labour-market deterioration available — which is why it appears here beside the curve. It is noisy week to week, so the 4-week moving average is the series that is actually watched.

Attribution & licence
Attribution
Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration via FRED
Originator
U.S. Employment and Training Administration
Licence
Public domain
Why
The underlying data is a U.S. federal government work (public domain). FRED is the redistributor, not the author, so the attribution names the originating agency 'via FRED'. FRED's terms permit redistribution but FORBID use with AI/LLM services — hence llmForbidden.