The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

In April, the labor participation rate landed at 62.5 percent which is the same it was in November 2021. Indiana’s labor force participation rate fell last month to its lowest point in more than two ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In recent days, Fed Chair Jay Powell and New York Fed President John Williams have ...

Alabama’s labor force participation rate, which lags behind the national average, increased slightly in April, the Alabama Department of Labor said, and the total number of people employed in the ...

Latinas have made considerable gains on several fronts in the last two decades. The share with a bachelor’s degree has roughly doubled since 2003, and their labor force participation rate and median ...

SOLD OFF ITS AMERICAN ASSETS. THE LABOR FORCE IN IOWA IS GROWING. THAT’S ACCORDING TO IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE WERE ADDED IN AUGUST, MOSTLY MOSTLY ADULTS, BETWEEN AGE 20 TO 24.