# United States Continuing Jobless Claims

United States Continuing Jobless Claims was 1,718,000 persons in 24 October 2026, up 1.4% from 17 October 2026 and down 12.0% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,344,000 persons (4 Jun 2022) to 23,130,000 persons (9 May 2020), averaging 2,776,276 persons.

- Source agency: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
- Makrognosis code: `US.CC.W.SA`
- Frequency: weekly
- Units: persons
- Coverage: 1996-01-06 to 2026-10-24 (1,608 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/continuing-jobless-claims

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 24 October 2026 | 1,718,000 persons |
| 17 October 2026 | 1,695,000 persons |
| 10 October 2026 | 1,722,000 persons |
| 3 October 2026 | 1,703,000 persons |
| 26 September 2026 | 1,714,000 persons |
| 19 September 2026 | 1,699,000 persons |
| 12 September 2026 | 1,712,000 persons |
| 5 September 2026 | 1,717,000 persons |
| 29 August 2026 | 1,765,000 persons |
| 22 August 2026 | 1,775,000 persons |
| 15 August 2026 | 1,771,000 persons |
| 8 August 2026 | 1,796,000 persons |
| 1 August 2026 | 1,781,000 persons |
| 25 July 2026 | 1,799,000 persons |
| 18 July 2026 | 1,777,000 persons |
| 11 July 2026 | 1,789,000 persons |
| 4 July 2026 | 1,798,000 persons |
| 27 June 2026 | 1,821,000 persons |
| 20 June 2026 | 1,806,000 persons |
| 13 June 2026 | 1,812,000 persons |
| 6 June 2026 | 1,800,000 persons |
| 30 May 2026 | 1,786,000 persons |
| 23 May 2026 | 1,771,000 persons |
| 16 May 2026 | 1,785,000 persons |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.CC.W.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.CC.W.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```