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The Most Americans Are On Unemployment—Nearly 2 Milllion—Since Pandemic
The Department of Labor reported the number of Americans remaining on unemployment benefits multiple times rose to its ...
Is a master’s degree worth it anymore? These Gen Z grads have seen higher unemployment rates than most.
The unemployment rate for Gen Z graduates with a master’s degree or higher averaged 5.8% in the first half of 2025, up from ...
The 15 college majors with the highest unemployment
Recent college graduates in about a dozen college majors had unemployment rates above 5% in 2023, an analysis from the New ...
Unemployment Shifts Unexpectedly Lower
Americans’ trouble finding jobs seemingly eased in June. The U.S. unemployment rate shifted lower to 4.1% in June, according ...
Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a sign that ...
Unemployment claims in Indiana declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Indiana dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...
Why Black unemployment just rose to its highest level since January 2022
Unemployment among Black Americans last month reached its highest level in more than three years, in stark contrast to the ...
Ohio near the top in unemployment despite spending billions to create jobs
Ohio in May had the fifth-highest unemployment in the United States as the people behind state programs that are supposed to create jobs aren’t taking credit for it.