U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January, short of expectations
January job growth in the United States in January dropped drastically from December numbers and fell short of analysts' ...
85% of US contractors can't find skilled workers: Women and Black Americans could fill the gap
The US faces a critical skilled labor shortage, with 85% of contractors struggling to find qualified workers. Women and Black Americans remain significantly underrepresented in the trades due to ...
U.S. job growth short of expectations as 2025 gets underway
The U.S. added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than economists expected, but the unemployment rate inched down to 4% from 4.1% ...
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Judge lets DOGE access sensitive records at Labor Department
Despite voicing skepticism about giving DOGE access to sensitive Labor data on millions of Americans, a judge denied unions’ ...
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Labor Force Participation
according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The labor force participation metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a ...
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Job Growth
This metric, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, evaluates states on their compound annual growth rate of jobs over a three-year period, reflecting how the number of civilian ...
Union Group Sues to Block DOGE Labor Department Data Access (1)
A coalition of unions and a worker advocacy organization are suing to block the Department of Government Efficiency from ...
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Hickory metro labor force fell by 1,750 people in 1 year
Hickory MSA’s December labor force level peaked at 189,208 in December 2000 and has generally trended downward since then." ...