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Indicator	As of	Latest	1Y change	vs avg	This week
Unemployment rate Jobs	September 2026	4.2%	▼ -20 bps	-34 bps	A low-hire, low-fire market: jobs are safe, but raises and job moves are harder to get. Payrolls rose 29,000 in September against about 84,000 expected; unemployment ticked to 4.2%, partly because more people entered the labor force. Jobless claims at 199,000 (Oct 10) are historically low; job openings fell 3.5% in a month to 7.1 million (August) and the quits rate is 1.9%. Average hourly pay up 3.0% over the year trails consumer prices near 4%: a real pay cut, and the weakest wage growth since May 2021. The recession signal (Sahm rule) reads 0.00 in September: no layoff cycle in the data yet.
Total jobs (nonfarm payrolls) Jobs	September 2026	159,044	+0.3%	+5.1%
Jobless claims (weekly) Jobs	10/17/26	194,000	▼ -16.0%	-46.2%
Recession signal (Sahm rule) Jobs	September 2026	0.00	▼ -0.23	-0.57
Job openings Jobs	August 2026	7,079	▲ +2.3%	-9.9%
Quits rate Jobs	August 2026	1.9%	▼ -10 bps	-38 bps
Average hourly pay Jobs	September 2026	$37.8	▲ +3.0%	+21.0%