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California’s unemployment remains the highest state rate in the nation. New data from the state’s Employment Development Department put the April rate at 5.3% for the third consecutive month ...
One suggestion researchers wrote to fix the gap is to increase the amount of wages taxed for unemployment benefits, raising it from $7,000 per worker to $46,800. Supporters of this change say it ...
For the second month in a row, California posted the highest unemployment figure in the country. And it was one of only two states with a jobless rate above 5%.
The counties with the highest unemployment rates were generally located in inland areas and had lower levels of income. Unemployment rate has reached 12.4 percent in 2010 which is highest recorded from 1976. Unemployment rates in California reached historic lows in 2000 and 2006.
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
The statewide unemployment rate went up a notch to 5.3% in August (from 5.2% in July), tied with Illinois for the second highest behind Nevada’s 5.5% rate, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
U.S. states by net employment rate (% of population 16 and over) 2022 [1]; National rank State Employment rate in % (total population) Annual change (%)
It should average 4.7%, and the averages for 2024, 2025 and 2026 are expected to be 4.6%, 3.8% and 3.9%, respectively, according to last month’s UCLA Anderson economic forecast.