The labor market, monthly: unemployment, participation, average hourly earnings, with ingest receipts
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-11, from Macro Picture Entering H2 2026, With Receipts.
| period_start | unemployment_rate | participation_pct | avg_hourly_earnings | arrived_here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 4.3 | 62.1 | 37.17 | 2026-03-16 |
| 2026-02-01 | 4.4 | 62 | 37.32 | 2026-03-16 |
| 2026-03-01 | 4.3 | 61.9 | 37.38 | 2026-04-03 |
| 2026-04-01 | 4.3 | 61.8 | 37.41 | 2026-05-08 |
| 2026-05-01 | 4.3 | 61.8 | 37.53 | 2026-06-10 |
| 2026-06-01 | 4.2 | 61.5 | 37.64 | 2026-07-02 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
period_start |
date | 2026-01-01 to 2026-06-01 | |
unemployment_rate |
number | 4.2 to 4.4 | ratio or rate |
participation_pct |
number | 61.5 to 62.1 | percent |
avg_hourly_earnings |
number | 37.17 to 37.64 | |
arrived_here |
date | 2026-03-16 to 2026-07-02 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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SELECT toString(date) AS period_start,
unemployment_rate,
labor_force_participation_rate AS participation_pct,
round(avg_hourly_earnings, 2) AS avg_hourly_earnings,
toString(toDate(_ingest_time)) AS arrived_here
FROM global_markets.labor_market
WHERE date >= toDate('2026-01-01') AND date <= toDate('2026-06-30')
ORDER BY date
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