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Unemployment rates historically are lower for those groups with higher levels of education. For example, in May 2016 the unemployment rate for workers over 25 years of age was 2.5% for college graduates, 5.1% for those with a high school diploma, and 7.1% for those without a high school diploma.
The unemployment rate often reaches a peak associated with a recession after the recession has officially ended. [39] Until the start of the COVID-19 recession in 2020, no post-World War II era came anywhere near the depth of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression, GDP fell by 27% (the deepest after demobilization is the recession ...
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 U.S. added 661,000 jobs in the month of September, compared to the 859,000 expected. Though the unemployment rate did tick down to 7.9%, it’s still the worst economic backdrop ahead of an ...
Maryland’s labor force participation rate, or the share of workers employed or actively seeking a job, stood at 65.2% in September, well below the 69.2% rate in March 2020 before it fell sharply.
Hawaii is suffering from the worst job market in the United States. Here are the other states in trouble. These states have the worst unemployment rates [Video]
The most widely accepted estimates of unemployment rates for the Great Depression are those by Stanley Lebergott from the 1950s. He estimated that unemployment reached 24.9 percent in the worst days of 1933. Another commonly cited estimate is by Michael Darby in 1976. He put the unemployment rate at a peak of 22.5 percent in 1932. [21]
Nevada is currently suffering the worst insured unemployment rate in the U.S., according to the Department of Labor. These 9 states are suffering from the worst unemployment rates [Video] Skip to ...