The pace of job growth cooled through mid-2025, while the unemployment rate rose relatively little. This seeming puzzle is ...

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Women have made gains since many were forced out of the workforce during the pandemic. But that could be changing. During the ...

According to a November 2025 report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Texas economy set new records for the number of Texans working and the size of the Texas labor force.

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is taking a growing toll on a weakening labor market, economists say. Forecasters surveyed by Bloomberg estimate the Labor Department on Friday, Aug. 1 ...

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The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...

While unemployment remains low, growth of the region's labor force remains a persistent challenge. The region lost 11,400 workers from May 2024 to May 2025 and stands at 1,230,000 workers.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved ...

Amid worsening employment conditions for young people, analysis results show that the longer the period of unemployment, the faster the probability of exiting the job market increases. According to a ...