3 days ago ... The national unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent in October and was  0.7 percentage point lower than a year earlier. Nonfarm payroll employment  increased in 9 states in October 2017, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially  unchanged in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year ...
Jun 1, 2016 ... The not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rate of 6 percent  was a 1.5 percent drop from April 2015, continuing a streak of consecutive  monthly year-over-year rate declines that began in October 2010. National NSA  employment in construction was 262,000 higher than in April 2015.
May 17, 2017 ... OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 4.6  percent last month and the state added 1200 new jobs. ... Government saw the  largest job growth last month, up 1,900 jobs, followed by transportation,  warehousing and utilities, which saw an increase of 1,600. Wholesale trade ...
Nov 3, 2017 ... Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 261,000 in October, and the  unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent, ..... 5 Figures are the percent of  industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with  unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between  ...
The unemployment rate has varied from as low as 1% during World War I to as  high as 25% during the Great Depression. More recently, it reached peaks of  10.8% in November 1982 and 10.0% in October 2009. Unemployment tends to  rise during recessions and fall during expansions. From 1948 to 2015,  unemployment ...
Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate.