Unemployment

Many are demanding higher wages to return to the labor force. ADP reports private-sector employment rose strongly in September.

An AARP report shows nearly 70% of those unemployed in June had been out of work for six months or more.

Some crash, others don’t work on mobile devices. In some states, workers have to wait to receive new passwords by mail to access their accounts.

The pandemic forced some Americans out of the workforce to care for family. Risk posed by the delta variant may keep them from returning.

The number of people who reported they had jobs surged by 1 million, pushing the jobless rate down from 5.9% in June. Last month, 261,000 people returned to the job market.

Many of the states with the lowest unemployment rates have young workforces and multifaceted economies.

Which sectors are the most eager for workers? And are workers ready to commit?

That burst of hiring is well above the average of the previous three months.

At least 10 states have started offering return-to-work bonuses, as have many employers, as workers look for incentives.

There's a disconnect between rising GDP and consumer spending — and the number of people out of work.