Unemployment rate
June 2026
4.2
percent
Headline unemployment fell to 4.2, keeping the labor market tighter.
- Series
- UNRATE
Public data
Labor Stats
A public dashboard of labor-market indicators for tracking employment, worker bargaining power, and automation pressure.
These indicators are a compact public snapshot of the labor market behind the automation and income-security story. The data is intentionally structured so it can later power an agent-readable endpoint.
Labor force participation
June 2026
61.5
percent
Participation fell to 61.5, tightening worker availability.
- Series
- CIVPART
Total nonfarm payrolls
June 2026
158,984
thousand jobs
Payroll employment increased by 57 thousand to 158,984, a positive hiring signal.
- Series
- PAYEMS
Job openings
May 2026
7,594
thousand openings
Openings rose by 9 thousand to 7,594, a labor-demand signal to compare with hiring and quits.
- Series
- JTSJOL
U-6 labor underutilization
June 2026
7.9
percent
Broader labor underutilization eased to 7.9, but still captures marginal attachment and involuntary part-time work.
- Series
- U6RATE
Production and nonsupervisory hourly earnings
June 2026
$32.38
dollars per hour
Hourly pay for production and nonsupervisory workers rose to $32.38, a worker-pay gauge to read alongside inflation and hours.
- Series
- AHETPI
Agent-ready path
Structured for a future paid endpoint
The public page is backed by stable IDs, units, periods, source URLs, and release metadata.
That same shape supports /api/labor-stats/, while paid history is planned for /api/labor-stats/history.
- Candidate endpoint
/api/labor-stats/- Paid route
/api/labor-stats/history- Payment protocol
- x402
- Candidate price
- $0.01 per request
Sources
Values are public, seasonally adjusted headline indicators from BLS series as displayed by FRED. Data may be revised.
- BLS Employment Situation Checked 2026-07-21
- BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Checked 2026-07-21
- FRED labor-market series pages Checked 2026-07-21