In the latest jobs report, out Friday, there’s some details to like and and some to be worried about. On the “maybe we should worry about this” side, the labor force participation rate — aka the ...

Whatever the bump from immigrant marriages and birth, labor force participation continues to slide. The participation rate fell from 62.7 percent in late 2024 to 62.4 percent by the end of 2025, a ...

The labor force participation rate dropped to 62.4% from 62.6% in April, with the decline occurring mostly among the prime-age group. The employment-to-population ratio, viewed as a measure of an ...

Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report dropped with a thud, showing a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. But we took a closer look at the data to see what other signals it may contain of what’s to ...

VIRGINIA & WEST VIRGINIA (WVVA) - Virginia’s labor force participation rate sits well above the national average while neighboring West Virginia remains near the bottom of the country, according to ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...

THE AFTERNOON, THEN THAT MILD STRETCH TAKES OVER LATE NEXT WEEK. WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE’S BUSINESS. I’M FRED KOCUR. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPH AND WHERE THE LINE GOES. THIS IS A LABOR FORCE ...

The data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also shows Indiana’s unemployment rate improved for a fifth month in a row, and remains better than the national rate. One measure of the strength ...

The labor force participation rate experienced a sharp drop during the pandemic, from which it has yet to fully recover. This shortfall can be attributed to a persistent decline in labor force ...

A new labor market analysis based on June 2025 data revealed that a significant number of women have left the U.S. labor force this year. According to the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) review of ...

Connecticut employers added 700 jobs in July, while the jobs added in June were revised downward, according to a report released Monday by the state Department of Labor. The state’s unemployment rate ...