The U.S. labor market is not weakening — rather, it is adjusting to new demographic and economic realities. Lower job growth ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Last week’s jobs report wasn’t a “good” report, but it wasn’t a collapse either. Payrolls are still growing modestly, and the unemployment rate hasn’t spiked. Even so, the underlying message is clear: ...

During the post-pandemic period, the vacancy-unemployment ratio was at historically high levels, but the strength of overall labor demand was unclear. Analysis using data from the National Federation ...

The labor market recovered quickly from the massive Covid-19 pandemic-induced downturn in early 2020. The labor market regained its prepandemic strength within a few short years. Moreover, it stayed ...

A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, ...

The US labor market closed 2025 with a steady yet slower pace, adding 50,000 jobs in December. Despite economic adjustments, ...