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The unemployment rate (U-3), measured as the number of persons unemployed divided by the civilian labor force, rose from 5.0% in December 2007 to peak at 10.0% in October 2009, before steadily falling to 4.7% by December 2016 and then to 3.5% by December 2019. [40]
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.
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.
The unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 4.1%, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that about 165,000 jobs were added last month, based on their median ...
Wall Street retreated from its records on Thursday following dual reports showing cooling inflation and climbing unemployment. S&P 500 Futures : 5,828.50 ⬇️ down 0.22% S&P 500 : 5,780.05 ⬇ ...
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 227,000 last week, down 7,000 claims from 234,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. North Dakota saw the largest percentage increase in weekly ...
The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) is an agency of the Virginia state government that provides benefits and services to unemployed citizens, such as employment programs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency currently runs a monthly newsletter, sends monthly reports to the Virginia General Assembly , and issues press releases.
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