Unemployment

Other employment numbers have been subject to a lot of revision as well.

“Clean slate” laws call for updating court databases and creating algorithms to automatically clear records for minor offenses.

The number of new jobless claims filed last week was the lowest since March of 2020.

A record 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Many are demanding higher wages to return to the labor force. ADP reports private-sector employment rose strongly in September.

An AARP report shows nearly 70% of those unemployed in June had been out of work for six months or more.

Some crash, others don’t work on mobile devices. In some states, workers have to wait to receive new passwords by mail to access their accounts.

The pandemic forced some Americans out of the workforce to care for family. Risk posed by the delta variant may keep them from returning.

The number of people who reported they had jobs surged by 1 million, pushing the jobless rate down from 5.9% in June. Last month, 261,000 people returned to the job market.

Many of the states with the lowest unemployment rates have young workforces and multifaceted economies.