The unemployment rate is an important indicator, but it is not the only one to watch. By itself, it doesn’t paint a full ...

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 11 states and the District of Columbia, higher in nine states and stable in 30 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Oct. 21.

The unemployment rate went up slightly to 4.2% in March — a 0.1 percentage point increase from February, according to the jobs report released on April 4 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

In March 2025, the U.S. construction unemployment rate remained at 5.4%, unchanged from the previous year. Nineteen states ...

Initial claims for unemployment benefits declined by 1.1% over the past month, but total payments to out-of-work Nevadans went up by $4.6 million, or 11.5%, according to the Department of Employment, ...

it went up almost a point from 8.2% last month and double the 4.6% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. The Rasmussen Real Unemployment rate is derived by asking ...

The unemployment rate gives a big-picture measure of the labor market. But there are other measures that offer a more detailed jobs picture. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS ...

Unemployment data is collected every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... and GDP growth. The graph below depicts the U.S. unemployment rate (U-3 measure) from around 1948 to 2022.

The March jobs report showed the US economy continued to add jobs at a strong pace last month while the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released ...

Colorado’s rising unemployment rate shows no signs of slowing as it continues outpacing the national average. Meanwhile, ...

The white-hot labor market is on its way out, but is still going strong for now. The US economy added 263,000 nonfarm payrolls in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday morning.