News about jobs

Retail trade employment saw a 20K increase in April 2024 – a continued upward trend from the last 12 months. Check out the highlights from the latest @BLS_gov #JobsReport: www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm pic.twitter.com/1eqCyNdGdW

These are the April unemployment rates by race. These figures change frequently month-to-month and the department tracks the trends. www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm #JobsReport pic.twitter.com/kUTItt4OKu

Employment in the household survey grew slower than payrolls, adding only 25k. But gains were much faster among workers ages 25 to 54 (+163k), leading to prime-age EPOP hitting its highest level since last September (80.8%). pic.twitter.com/vGKFdvQJNb

Interesting divergence from recent trends in the labor force flows data. The job-finding rate ticked up, while there was a surge in the share of employed workers moving into unemployment. pic.twitter.com/VzCAimdLBi