Tag: Workforce
U.S. jobs report July 2019: 164,000 added, wages picked up
WASHINGTON – United States employers kept adding workers at a healthy pace in July and wage gains picked up, underlining a solid labor market...
Construction employment in Providence metro grows in June
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 1% year over year to 25,800 jobs in June, according to the Associated...
R.I. unemployment lowers to 3.6% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment for Rhode Islanders declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.6% in June, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...
Opinion: The myth of the tight U.S. labor market
NEW YORK – As the U.S. election cycle gets underway, expect much debate over just how strong the economy really is after becoming the...
U.S. jobs gain of 224,000 tops forecasts, dilutes Fed-cut case
WASHINGTON – U.S. hiring rebounded in June and topped all estimates of economists, a sign of labor-market strength that may ease calls for a Federal...
Providence metro construction employment ticks up in May
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 0.8% year over year to 25,100 in May, according to the Associated General...
Report: Clean energy sector employs more than 16K in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The clean-energy sector in Rhode Island employed 16,021 at the beginning of 2019, according to the 2019 Clean Energy Industry Report released...
Average tech salary in the Providence metro was $90K in 2018
PROVIDENCE – The average technology sector salary in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area in 2018 was $90,035, 67.6% higher than the average salary of...
BLS: R.I. unemployment rate second highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – The 3.6% unemployment rate in Rhode Island in May was the second highest in New England, ahead of Connecticut, according to the...
N.E. hourly compensation costs in March were $41.13
PROVIDENCE – Private employer compensation costs were $41.13 per hour in New England in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this...
