View: Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
[Percent]
Measure Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted May2011 Apr.2012 May2012 May2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012 Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May2012U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force
5.5 4.8 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force
5.1 4.3 4.3 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
8.7 7.7 7.9 9.0 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers
9.2 8.3 8.4 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
10.0 9.1 9.3 10.3 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.6U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
15.4 14.1 14.3 15.8 15.1 14.9 14.5 14.5 14.8NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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