Jobs are increasing in the United States, with an unexpectedly high 256,000 added in December 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recent study from WalletHub analyzed how unemployment ...

With applications for unemployment benefits falling nationwide to one of its lowest marks in a few years, these states experienced the biggest drop in claims filed.

According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in August 2025, the national unemployment rate for the United States was 4.3%. While 22,000 new jobs were added in August, led by job ...

Thousands of federal employees filed for unemployment benefits during the government shutdown, which ended last month. For the week ended Dec. 13, the latest period for which data were available, ...

September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a ...

Discover how the U-6 Unemployment Rate provides a comprehensive look at joblessness, including underemployment, marginal attachment, and discouraged workers. Understand its economic significance.

The U.S. unemployment rate has remained steady through May, but some states have seen higher adjustments in weekly claims. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday a 139,000 nonfarm payroll ...

The national not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rate for June 2025 was 3.4%, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by Associated Builders and ...

For much of the last decade and a half, the U.S. job market has steadily grown stronger. With the single exception of 2020, when much of the U.S. economy was shut down in an attempt to limit the ...

Unemployed workers collecting benefits will be required to record three work search activities a week starting next year.

New numbers show just how far behind the Massachusetts unemployment system fell this year as the state's jobless rate rose.

Alabama is the top state with the largest decline in filings for unemployment claims. WalletHub created its rankings of states assessing changes in unemployment claims for specific weeks. Americans ...