Tag: Workforce
R.I. Aug. construction employment rises 3.8%, No. 28 in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island construction employment increased 3.8 percent year over year in August, the No. 28 fastest rate in the country, and the...
R.I. has 2nd-highest N.E. joblessness in Aug., but largest Y/Y decline
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted 4 percent unemployment rate in August was the second highest in New England, ahead of Connecticut’s 4.3 percent, according...
BLS: Providence metro July unemployment drops to 4.2%
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 4.2 percent in July, a 0.5 percentage point decline year...
BLS: Providence Co. employment grows 0.8% over year, while wages grow...
PROVIDENCE – All of the three local counties included in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2018 first-quarter employment and wage report released Wednesday...
Veteran presence
Does your company currently have employees who are/were active military personnel?
Yes: 66.67%
No: 33.33%
What level of priority do you give to hiring veterans or active...
BLS: Average pay at R.I. 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2016 was $49.7K
PROVIDENCE – There were 1,756 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Rhode Island in 2016, employing on average 68,348 people, and who were paid a combined $3.4...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.8% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.8 percent in June, a 0.5 percentage point drop from 4.3 percent in June...
Job, economy growth in R.I. are good signs
Two recent economic reports would seem to indicate that Rhode Island is moving in a positive direction.
The state’s monthly jobs report for June said...
The working poor need help
Bloomberg recently reported on some interesting new data from the Economic Policy Institute. The percent of Americans earning poverty wages – pay that would...
CNBC ranks R.I. No. 45 on top states for business list
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked sixth lowest on the CNBC “America’s Top States for Business 2018” released Tuesday, tied with Maine.
The study uses more...