The U.S. has nearly four percent unemployment in 2026. West Coast states like California drive up the national average.

In 1969, geographer Waldo Tobler made an observation that would go on to become known as Tobler’s First Law of Geography: “Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related ...

The U.S. unemployment rate has trended down for decades. Estimates after removing business cycle fluctuations show that the trend rate fell from 7.8% in 1976 to 4.8% in 2024. This decline reflects in ...

The battleground includes six states with vastly different labor market conditions: Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Michigan.

Florida's unemployment rate dropped for the third month in a row in August, with Miami-Dade County leading the state. Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.5% in August, down from 4.6% ...

Employers added 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 percent, the highest level in four years. +400,000 The average job ...