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THE NORTHEAST reported the highest compensation costs per hour in private industry for December. The Northeast comprises the Middle Atlantic and New England regions. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

BLS: N.E. employer compensation costs total $40.48 per hour in Dec.

PROVIDENCE – Private-industry employers in New England paid $40.48 per hour worked in combined wages, salary and benefits in December 2017, according to U.S....
RHODE ISLAND RANKED No. 28 in the U.S. News 2018 Best States rankings. / COURTESY U.S. NEWS

R.I. drops to No. 28 on U.S. News’ ‘Best States’ rankings

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 28 on the U.S. News & World Report's Best State 2018 rankings, last in New England, U.S. News...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

With labor force growth comes job growth, too

For a number of years, observers of the region’s ­economies have noted Rhode Island’s poorly performing labor force. Following the Great Recession, the number of...
Moving company employees remove furniture from a business in Chicago, Illinois. COURTESY BLOOMBERG/ TANNEN MAURY

Opinion: Full employment helps rural Americans to move away

NEW YORK - It's been so long since we've had strong labor markets in the U.S. that we've forgotten what kind of pain they...
RHODE ISLAND had the highest unemployment rate in New England last year at 5.3 percent, which was higher than the overall New England rate of 4.1 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. /COURTESY U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

R.I.’s unemployment rate highest in New England in 2016

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the highest unemployment rate in New England last year at 5.3 percent, which was higher than the overall New...
RHODE ISLAND RANKED 36th for its economic outlook and 48th for its economic performance, according to the 10th edition of Rich States, Poor States, released Tuesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council. /COURTESY ALEC

Report: R.I. ranks in lower half of states for economic outlook,...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island lands in the lower half of states for its economic outlook, coming in 36th, and even lower for its economic...
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