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At first glance, the price of attending college may seem astounding.

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary November 2023 unemployment rate was 4.3%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS).The preliminary November 2023 jobless rate was up 0

Unemployment rates remained relatively unchanged for the month of November in Bamberg, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties, according to data released Friday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce.

Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show an increase in the number of disabled workers beginning in 2020, but social media posts claiming this can be attributed to Covid-19 vaccination are unfounded. Experts told AFP that the rise in workers with a disability is largely due to growth in remote work since the start of the pandemic, along with the sometimes debilitating long-term effects of coronavirus infections .

A massive number of lower-income workers over 50 have little to no savings for retirement, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The study, examining data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, highlights a major contrast between low-income workers and their high-income counterparts in terms of retirement savings. The GAO found that only 10% of low-income workers aged 51 to 64 had retirement savings in 2019, a decline from 20% ...

The US labor market has changed a lot since 1991, but the federal list of shortage occupations, which impacts employers and immigrant workers alike, has not. Now, for the first time in decades, the US Department of Labor (DOL) will soon be seeking information on how the Schedule A shortage occupation list should be updated. This blog outlines what Schedule A is, how the DOL could update it, and – thanks to a new Help Wanted Index released today by Institute for Progress (IFP) – what occupati...

A record 15% of the U.S. population is now foreign-born, and we have Joe Biden's open borders to thank for it.