Tag: Unemployment
R.I. has second-highest average unemployment rate in N.E. in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The average unemployment rate in 2019 for Rhode Island was 3.6%, a 0.4 percentage point decline year over year, the Bureau of...
In hot U.S. jobs market, half of college grads are missing...
WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are seeing little return from their expensive college degrees - even in today’s hot jobs market.
For the first time...
Providence metro unemployment ticks down to 3.2% in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.2% in December, the Bureau...
R.I. makes changes to unemployment, TDI taxes
Many Rhode Island employers could see a reduction in the amount of unemployment insurance tax they pay, while employees are on the hook for...
There are plenty of jobs, but where are the wages?
The most disappointing feature of the most recent jobs report is that wages did not grow very much, even though the U.S. economy is...
Providence metro area unemployment rate ticks down to 3.1% in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.6 percentage points year over year to 3.1% in November, according to...
R.I. has second highest unemployment rate in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the second highest unemployment rate in New England, at 3.5% in November, seasonally adjusted, level with the national rate,...
U.S. Jobs Trounce Forecasts With 266,000 Gain; Wages Heat Up
U.S. job gains roared back in November as unemployment matched a half-century low and wages topped estimates, giving the Federal Reserve more reason to...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 2.9% in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 2.9% in October, seasonally adjusted, a decline from 3.4% one year prior,...
R.I. unemployment rate 3.6% in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.6% in October, level with the national rate,...
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