Alternate Unemployment Charts The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term discouraged workers. The U-3 unemployment rate is the monthly headline number. The U-6 unemployment rate is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) broadest unemployment measure, including short-term discouraged and other marginally-attached workers as well as those forced to work part-time because they cannot find full-time employment. Public Commentary on Unemployment Unemployment Data Series (Subscription required.) View Download Excel CSV File Last Updated: September 4th, 2020 August 2020 ShadowStats Alternate Unemployment is 28.0% Republishing our charts: Permission, Restrictions and Instructions (includes important requirements for successful hot-linking )