The numbers behind the time between jobs

US unemployment, tracked weekly.

Name: US Unemployment Trends — weekly
Creator: NextAct

Every week we follow the US jobless-claims data the moment the Department of Labor releases it — and translate it into plain English. It's the backdrop to what NextAct is building: a simpler way to file for unemployment.

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Initial jobless claims

215K

week ending Jun 27

-1K wk/wk

Continued claims

1.81M

week ending Jun 20

insured unemployment

Unemployment rate

4.2%

Jun 2026

-0.1 pt mo/mo

Data as of Jun 27, 2026 · Source: DOL/ETA & BLS via FRED · See the full trends, charts & jobs-by-industry →

Why we track this

NextAct helps people file for unemployment.

Behind every data point is a person who just lost a job and has to file an unemployment claim — a confusing, error-prone process that works differently in every state. NextAct prepares the correct state unemployment-claim forms, filled in and ready for you to review and submit.

See what we're building at NextAct.work →