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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.
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.
Americans will have to wait at least another month to hear unambiguously good news regarding job growth in the U.S. The Labor Department announced Friday that the world's largest economy ...
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.
Not only did the unemployment rate hold at 9.5 percent, but last week the number of initial unemployment claims climbed to 479,000 -- that's 19,000 more than the week before. 131,000 jobs were ...
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON -Lack of confidence in the economic recovery led employers to shed a more-than-expected 85,000 jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at 10 percent.
December – The unemployment rate ends the year at 9.3%. December 2 – The US House of Representatives passes H.R. 4853 that extends tax cuts for families making under $250,000, but raises taxes on those making over that amount with a 234–188 vote.
U.S. unemployment fell during the last half of October, indicating that the Federal Government-measured unemployment rate over the next month may drop to its lowest levels in more than a year ...