Employment News

States reported that 217,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Nov. 4, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised level. Unemployme...

The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.8% (not seasonally adjusted) in October 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updat...

Job openings edged down to 8.8 million in July 2023. This was the first month job openings were below 9.0 million since March 2021 when the figure was 8.4 million. From June 2023 t...

In the week ending Sept. 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 216,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous w...

States reported that 239,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Aug. 12, a decrease of 11,000 from last week’s revised level. Overall, jobless cla...

In the week ending July 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 228,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 237,000. Th...

The overall unemployment rate was 3.6% in June 2023, little changed over the month. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for Whites declined from 3.3% in May 2023 t...