Tag: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where did all the restaurant workers go?
The 83-month-long streak of payroll employment gains appears to have been broken in September. The 33,000-job decline recently announced by the Bureau of Labor...
BLS: R.I. seasonally adjusted August unemployment falls fastest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in August declined 1 percentage point year over year to 4.3 percent, according to a Bureau of...
Report: Providence metro unemployment 4.3% in August
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, in the Providence metropolitan area decreased 0.9 percentage points year over year to 4.3 percent in August, according...
Report: R.I. recovery hindered by poor education and health services employment...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s employment growth has lagged behind the rest of the nation following the Great Recession and, according to the Bureau of Labor...
N.E. CPI in August increases 1.6 percent
PROVIDENCE – The consumer price index, not-seasonally adjusted, for items in New England rose 1.6 percent year over year in August, according to the...
Report: R.I. ranks No. 19 in nation for Q1 average weekly...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 19 in the nation for average weekly wage in the first quarter of 2017, according to a U.S....
Report: R.I. nonfarm payrolls increase 1.9 percent in July
PROVIDENCE- July nonfarm payrolls in Rhode Island increased by 9,400 employees year over year, a 1.9 percent increase to 501,800, according to a report...
Millennial women are losing ground in U.S. race for equal pay
NEW YORK - Women between 25 and 34 years old are slipping when it comes to pay equality with men, data from the Bureau...
R.I. ranks 3rd in nation for yearly construction employment growth rate...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island construction employment saw the third-highest year-over-year growth in the nation in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and...
R.I. July unemployment fell faster than any other New England state
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ‘s seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased the fourth-most percentage points in the nation year over year, according to a Friday release...
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