1. Your market
These answers connect your situation to broad public reference data.
A useful reference—not a forecast. Group averages cannot predict an individual outcome. This tool flags conditions and planning issues.
2. What are you experiencing?
These answers add diagnostic context. They do not alter the market statistics.
3. How is the search operating?
Use your best judgment. “Not yet” is information, not a grade.
What the market data suggest
What your experience may be telling you
Things to consider now
Planning references
National reference: In July 2026, the median current unemployment spell was 10.5 weeks; the average was 24.9 weeks. About 25.5% of unemployed people had been out 27 weeks or longer.
How to read this outlook
This is not a probability, score or expected completion date. The market section uses broad group data. The experience section interprets the search pattern you reported. Neither can account for every employer, specialty, personal constraint or stroke of luck.
Data: BLS unemployment duration, July 2026; BLS occupation and industry duration, July 2026; BLS state unemployment rates, June 2026 preliminary; New York Fed recent-graduate data, 2026 Q2.