U6 rate by year
11 May 2015 Naturally, at all times the U6 unemployment rate is higher than the U3 rate. The blue line shows three years of slow-but-steady job growth. 7 Aug 2018 wages in the years since the Great Recession. States – the unemployment rate U3, the broader measure U6, which is only available back. 9 Oct 2017 The BLS uses the household survey to report the unemployment rate, which declined significantly in September to a 16-year low of 4.2 percent.