The current U.S. unemployment rate is 6.9% for October 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said in its monthly report on Friday. The rate is nearly double the 3.5% rate in February, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The map below shows the most recent unemployment rate per state, according to BLS data. Sara Clarke , Assistant Managing Editor, Best States Sara Clarke joined U.S. News & World Report in 2006 as ...
Despite positive vaccine news, there are still surging Covid cases, business debt and evictions. Mon, Nov 9th 2020. ... unemployment rate slides to 6.9%. Fri, Nov 6th 2020. watch now.
The rate put the state at No. 5 nationwide, behind only Nebraska at 3.0%, Vermont at 3.2%, and Iowa and South Dakota tied at 3.6%. The national unemployment rate for October decreased a full percentage point from 7.9% in September to register at 6.9% last month.
The unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent in August, the Labor Department reported on Friday, marking the fourth month of declines even as the pace of job growth is slowing.
Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.9% as Economy Adds 638,000 Jobs Payroll gains in October pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic as the country braces for a ...
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor said Thursday that Georgia’s unemployment rate for October decreased by 1.8 percentage points to reach 4.5 percent. Before the pandemic, Georgia’s ...
An unemployment rate below 5% is considered full employment as measured by people working or actively seeking employment, according to the DWD. Adams County reported the lowest seasonally adjusted ...
