* Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate (annual average)
* Retrieved on November 10th, 2016 from http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea01.htm
1979	5.8
1980	7.1
1981	7.6
1982	9.7
1983	9.6
1984	7.5
1985	7.2
1986	7
1987	6.2
1988	5.5
1989	5.3
1990	5.6
1991	6.8
1992	7.5
1993	6.9
1994	6.1
1995	5.6
1996	5.4
1997	4.9
1998	4.5
1999	4.2
2000	4
2001	4.7
2002	5.8
2003	6
2004	5.5
2005	5.1
2006	4.6
2007	4.6
2008	5.8
2009	9.3
2010	9.6
2011	8.9
2012	8.1
2013	7.4
2014  	6.2
2015  	5.3
2016	4.9
2017 	4.4
2018	3.9