SC added a seasonally adjusted 2,700 jobs in July, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Employment and Workforce.
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The Kansas Department of Labor said the biggest job losses were in service-sector industries and government. Kansas lost 2,900 private sector jobs since July 2015.
The Texas unemployment rate rose slightly in July to 4.6 percent as jobs continued to grow modestly, the Texas Workforce Commission reported.
Labor market buoyancy, marked by robust hiring in the last two months and diminishing slack, could prompt the Fed to raise interest rates despite low inflation and sluggish economic growth in the first half of the year.
The latest losses, coupled with more people wanting work, helped push the unemployment rate from 5.8 percent in June to 6 percent in July. MA remains well below the USA jobless rate which stood at 4.9 percent last month.
A new report says Nebraska’s unemployment rose to 3.1 percent in July – a tenth of a point higher than the June rate.
A year to year comparison of employment in Humboldt suggest the job market is better when compared to this time last year, according to an Employment Development Office report.
CT now has recovered 98,800 of the 119,100 jobs lost in the last recession, or 83 percent. The rate is up 0.1 percentage points over the month and over the year, according to the Nebraska Department of Labor.
The government sector led all declining groups in July, losing 1,300 jobs.
“Our overall progress has been very slow”, Halbert said. Six major industry sectors decreased, more than offsetting gains in three sectors.
“While today’s numbers show some welcome job gains, what is missing from Ohio’s recovery is consistently solid job growth”, said Hannah Halbert, a labor market researcher with the left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio.
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Education and Health Services lost 1,200 (-0.2%) jobs over the month. 25, 2016, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. The U.S. jobless rate was unchanged in July at 4.9 percent. Total employment is up by 77,000 jobs, while unemployment is down by 18,000 workers.
