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The US economy added 253,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month, with the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropping to 3.4%, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Friday.
The unemployment rate was forecast to remain at 4.1%. However, while Friday’s report showed that the cracks in the labor market may be widening, there also were indications it still remains on ...
The Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed the unemployment rate rising to 3.9% from 3.8% in March amid rising labor supply. Financial markets boosted the odds of a
A new survey by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), based on 2023 data, suggests a global unemployment rate of 4.8% within the game industry. Some industry experts believe that the rate in the United States could now be twice as high. [14]
When unemployment percentages are shown it does not categorize all men and women who are out of work. It only accounts for the men and women who are actively seeking employment. To those who are no longer looking for work they are simply categorized as "out of the workforce". As of February 2018 the unemployment rate for the United States was 4.1%.
Although the old unemployment rate series', which include part-time workers looking for full-time work and unemployed who stopped looking over a year ago, is still published monthly by BLS, the U-3 series is generally considered more meaningful and is the headline rate picked up by most media outlets. [5]
The US labor market added more jobs than expected in ... the unemployment rate rose to 4% from 3.9% the month prior. ... On a monthly basis, wages increased 0.4%, an increase from the previous ...
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.