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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.
In 2003, prior to the significant expansion of subprime lending of 2004-2006, the unemployment rate was close to 6%. [52] The wider measure of unemployment ("U-6") which includes those employed part-time for economic reasons or marginally attached to the labor force rose from 8.4% pre-crisis to a peak of 17.1% in October 2009.
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.
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:46 PM. Rise in U.S. Jobs - Unemployment Holds Steady. ... Unemployment rates have recovered dramatically in all the states since the end of the Great Recession.
The jobless rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.7 percent in May, the lowest since November 2007. U.S. job growth brakes sharply; unemployment rate falls to 4.7 percent Skip to main ...
The unemployment rate fell from 10.0% in October 2009 to 4.7% by December 2016, a 5.3 percentage point decline. The 4.7% rate was below the historical average of 5.6%. Under Trump, it then fell to 3.5% by November 2019, another 1.2 percentage points. [ 153 ]
November 2010 Canadian unemployment rate: 7.6% [26] The employment rate has been stabilized between 8.0% and 11.0% for the past two years; signifying the economic strength of Canada's financial institutions compared to its counterparts in the United States.
US Employment Statistics (unemployment rate and monthly changes in net employment), 2009–2016; the US unemployment rate topped 8% (one month even reaching 10% level) from 2009 to 2012 during the Great Recession. [32] [33]