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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims, week ending August 29, 2026
Published by U.S. Department of Labor on September 3, 2026.
The weekly count of new unemployment claims, the last labor-market reading before the jobs report. Saved on September 8 after an independent review of this page named it.
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… News Release https://blog.dol.gov TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, September 3, 2026 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 206,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 203,000 to 204,000. The 4-week moving average was 207,250, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 205,500 to 205,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending August 22, …
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- Payrolls rise by 162,000 and July's loss becomes a gain, with two volatile categories supplying 101,000 of it · cited for the 206,000 claims figure
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