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The Commonwealth's unemployment rate was one-tenth of a percentage point above its August 2023 level of 3.3%, while the national rate was up four-tenths of a percentage point over the year ...
The Commonwealth's unemployment rate was four-tenths of a percentage point below its January 2023 level of 3.8%, while the national rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point over the year.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
U.S. states by net employment rate (% of population 16 and over) 2022 [1]; National rank State Employment rate in % (total population) Annual change (%)
Full employment. Full employment is an economic situation in which there is no cyclical or deficient-demand unemployment. [1] Full employment does not entail the disappearance of all unemployment, as other kinds of unemployment, namely structural and frictional, may remain. For instance, workers who are "between jobs" for short periods of time ...
Bill O Boyle, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. August 16, 2024 at 9:33 AM. Aug. 16—WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania's unemployment rate remained unchanged over the month at 3.4% in July — the ...
The U.S. unemployment rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point from its April rate to 4.0%. The labor force reached a record high at 6,605,000 — total nonfarm jobs set a record high for the ...
Pennsylvania CareerLink is a collaborative project between multiple agencies to provide career services to Pennsylvania employers, potential employees, and others. Pennsylvania CareerLink is operated under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Pennsylvania CareerLink offices and access points are located in each of ...