Economic Indicators

Employment and Unemployment: State

Updated: January 24, 2012

Monthly analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ states employment report.

State unemployment trends: Every silver lining has a cloud | 3:38 pm, January 24, 2012
State level data released today by the BLS appears at first glance to confirm that most states are on a path to economic recovery.  Over the past three months (since September 2011), 44 states have experienced reduced unemployment rates, and only four states (Hawaii, Indiana, Oklahoma and Rhode Island) have experienced an increase in their unemployment rates (three states have unchanged unemployment rates over this timeframe).

Posted January 24, 2012 | Read the full report from EPI »

Unemployment / Payroll employment

Previous reports

Apparent good news a mirage for many states

Posted on December 20, 2011 | 2:11 pm

State jobs data calls for ‘super shift’ to job creation

Posted on November 22, 2011 | 2:02 pm

State employment trends stuck in neutral (or reverse)

Posted on October 21, 2011 | 2:59 pm

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