Unemployment Rate 2024 By State 2024. The national unemployment rate changed little at 3.9 percent but was 0.5 percentage point higher than in april 2023. Flowers put the unemployment rate at 4.2 percent by the end of the year, up from its current 3.7 percent.

However, states’ unemployment rates often vary significantly. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 6 states and was essentially unchanged in 44 states and the district of columbia in april 2024.