This chart tracks the unemployment rate since 2021. In recent months this measure has hit lows last seen in the late 1960s. And this one shows changes in hourly and weekly earnings, along with the ...

The U.S. unemployment rate—the percentage of the labor force without a job, but able to work and actively searching for it—is one of the key indicators of the overall health of the nation’s economy.

Throughout the past three years unemployment rates have drastically varied. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, total civilian employment in America dropped by 21 million from the fourth ...

U.S. job growth accelerated in September, but the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% and the economy shed jobs in the prior month ...

U.S. employment growth accelerated in September, but the labor market remained sluggish and failed to keep pace with new ...

The Labor Department is finally releasing the jobs report for September, which was delayed for weeks due to the government shutdown. It is expected to show the economy added around 50,000 jobs that ...

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts climbed once again in May, widening the gap between the state and the nation as a whole following a year of nearly flat job growth in the Bay State. New labor ...

In this weekly Plain Facts compilation, we present to you data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - In May 2022, Kansas reported the lowest unemployment rate since the state began to record that information in 1976. On Monday, June 20, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says the state ...

Only FDR has been reelected with unemployment over 8%. 2012 Projection: 8.2% Feb. 1, 2011 -- President Obama may have gotten some bad news last week about his re-election prospects when the ...