Measures of Labor Underutilization

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the civilian labor force (includes only very long-term unemployed)

2.0%

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs as a percent of the civilian labor force (excludes job leavers)

2.3%

U-3 Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)

4.9%

U-4 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force, plus discouraged workers

5.3%

U-5 Total unemployed plus all marginally attached workers as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers

6.2%

U-6 Total unemployed plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers

9.9%