Unemployment

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 170,000 in February, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

The labor market was still jugging along in February but that was before the bulk of DOGE cuts and tariffs.

The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 4.1%.

The U.S. economy has added roughly 19 million jobs in four years. But as of the end of 2023, 43 percent of counties still hadn’t regained all the jobs they lost in the early months of the pandemic.

On average, there are 75 workers available for every 100 job openings across the country. Here's how it varies by state.

Leading economists said we’d need higher unemployment to tame inflation. Here’s why they were wrong.

There is no perfect metric for employment as it relates to the health of the economy as a whole. Context is necessary for determining whether changes in these metrics are good or bad. People think of having less work as a bad thing but, over time, the number of hours worked has decreased pretty consistently over time. You can work less hours today for a better standard of living than people in the prior two centuries. In the context of the last century and a half as a whole, this is a good thing.

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New data on Friday showed that job growth remained strong, despite widespread fears of a recession.

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A new state-level analysis finds that ending emergency unemployment benefits had a statistically significant positive impact on employment.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 150,000 in January, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

The economy gained 194,000 jobs in September 2021. The growth doesn't make up for the jobs lost throughout 2020.

There are numerous job reports including weekly jobless claims, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), and the ADP Employment report, but the Employ...

Every month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a report that looks at the unemployment rate, among other job-related data in the country. But who counts as "unemployed" can be tricky.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves. The Labor Department said that quits jumped to 4.3 million in August, the highest on records dating back to December 2000, and up from 4 million in July.

Millions of workers are still unemployed or have dropped out of the labor force. What is the likelihood that these people will return to work in the coming year?

U.S. job growth accelerated in June, with payrolls gaining the most in 10 months, suggesting firms are having greater success recruiting workers to keep pace with the broadening of economic activity.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 850,000 last month and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.9 percent,…

Much of the money has probably left the country.

Many employers report having trouble finding applicants. Economists say the labor market may simply need time to get sorted out.

It's not just the loss of current income during the COVID crisis that will hurt millions of women financially, but also reduced future earnings and retirement benefits that will likely follow. As one economist put it, women may "eat the cost of the pandemic for the rest of their working lives."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week — the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal benefit for the jobless.

U.S. job growth unexpectedly slowed in April, likely curbed by shortages of workers and raw materials as rapidly improving public health and massive government aid fueled an economic boom.

The share of people working or looking for work edged higher last month — but it remains way below its level before the pandemic.

Hiring was a huge letdown in April, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by a much less than expected 266,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1%.