June's gain of 57,000 jobs failed to meet economists' expectations, with payroll growth cooling after months of growth. Still ...

U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of ...

Long-term unemployment can have ramifications on financial, emotional and family health that linger even after reentry into the workforce.

Unemployment is still very low and is likely to stay that way The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees this week, but layoffs in the U.S. more broadly are quite low. The number of people who ...

As 2026 employment data rolls out and we try to make sense of the new year's economy, the U-6 rate offers a less-cited but revealing indicator of labor market health. Next week, the first economic ...

The number of people collecting unemployment checks from the government fell in March to a one-and-a-half-year low. Great news, right? Not entirely. The U.S. is enjoying low unemployment even though ...

The economy has added jobs for three straight months and layoffs remain historically low, yet many unemployed Americans are still having a tough time.

Black unemployment is at 7.5%, 1.4% higher than one year ago. For Black women, the jobless rate is 1.9% higher. White unemployment, by contrast, has barely budged, up 0.2% since December 2024.

Across the state, local numbers show a mixed picture — but in Yuma, unemployment remains far above most other cities.