U.S. Unemployment Rate Unemployment rates can vary widely from state to state. In April, the latest data available at the state level, states' rates ranged from 1.8% to 5.8%. The national unemployment ...

Sara Smith, the new Children’s Division director, has moved away from her predecessor’s focus on shrinking the foster care ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Missouri dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior.

Massachusetts and Connecticut experienced the highest unemployment percentage increase, both up 0.3 percentage points to 4.6 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively. However, New Jersey, Delaware, ...

All eight of Missouri’s metro areas saw an uptick in unemployment rate in June, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last week. Missouri’s increases fell in line with most places ...

Missouri’s two largest metro areas, Kansas City and St. Louis, saw unemployment grow 0.3 and 0.4 point, respectively. However, unemployment shot up significantly year-over-year in both places.

Dec. 26—Joplin and Missouri unemployment recently edged up slightly, according to the the latest monthly figures that are available. The Joplin unemployment rate was 3.1% in October, up from 2.9 ...

See recent changes in local jobs, unemployment, earnings and more in these regularly updated charts and maps. Jobs, unemployment and workforce trends in St. Louis and Missouri Skip to main content ...

Jon Hockenyos presented a report to council showing the city’s unemployment rate has reached near prepandemic levels, and housing prices have surged. However, other more impactful economic ...

Joplin and Missouri unemployment remained in record-low territory in August. The Joplin unemployment rate was 2.4%, which is where it also was in July. That is the lowest it has been since at ...