United States Youth Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 8.30 percent in October from 8.50 percent in September of 2018. Youth Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 12.19 percent from 1955 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 19.50 percent in April of 2010 and a record low of 7.80 percent in September of 1956.

Youth Unemployment Rate in the United States is expected to be 8.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Youth Unemployment Rate in the United States to stand at 8.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Youth Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.70 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	155.00	237.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	161.00	251.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-6.00	-14.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	27.00	26.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	231.00	235.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1631.00	1705.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	179.00	225.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156795.00	156562.00	156795.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5975.00	6075.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.10	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.77	0.84	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.30	8.50	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7070.00	7291.00	7313.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7079.00	6960.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	53073.00	75644.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.95	22.88	22.95	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.82	21.67	21.82	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129755.00	129212.00	129755.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27039.00	27297.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

This page provides - United States Youth Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Youth Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	8.30	8.50	19.50	7.80	1955 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	52.80	Sep/18	53.7	55.9 : 48.8	%
Spain	34.90	Oct/18	34.3	55.9 : 17.2	%
Italy	32.50	Oct/18	32.4	43.3 : 19.4	%
France	21.50	Oct/18	20.4	26.2 : 14.5	%
Turkey	20.80	Aug/18	19.9	28.6 : 11	%
Euro Area	17.30	Oct/18	17.1	24.7 : 14.8	%
India	12.90	Dec/13	18.1	18.1 : 12.9	%
Australia	11.30	Oct/18	11.4	20.1 : 7.6	%
United Kingdom	11.30	Aug/18	11.1	22.3 : 9.7	%
Canada	10.80	Nov/18	11	20.7 : 10.3	%
South Korea	8.50	Oct/18	9	13.4 : 3.8	%
United States	8.30	Oct/18	8.5	19.5 : 7.8	%
Netherlands	7.20	Oct/18	7.5	17.7 : 6.6	%
Germany	6.20	Oct/18	6.3	15.9 : 5.7	%
Japan	3.40	Oct/18	3.4	10.9 : 1.6	%
Switzerland	2.40	Nov/18	2.4	5.7 : 1.4	%