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

Americans in their 20s continue to have lower employment and labor-force participation rates than before the pandemic, and ...

The U.S. labor-force participation rate was little changed in July, at 62.7%. The rate has held within a narrow range of 62.5% to 62.8% over the past 12 months. The unemployment rate has increased ...

Job growth moderately beat expectations in April, but was slightly down from the month before, as recession worries loom due ...

After accounting for the annual adjustments to the population controls, the bureau said Friday that both the labor force participation rate and the employment-population ratio were unchanged from ...

The jobs report was a modest gain of 177k, but it way outpaced estimates, which was enough to juice the stock market, leading ...

Despite significant headwinds from population aging in most advanced economies (AEs), labor force participation rates show remarkably divergent trajectories both across countries and across di erent ...

The labor force participation metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota's unemployment rate and labor participation force held steady in October. According to the Department of Employment and Economic Development, unemployment remained at ...

The biggest was the departure of millions of older workers, ending a decades-long rise in employment and labor-force participation rates for those 65 and older. Smaller, but perhaps more troubling ...