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Employment News ReleaseMarch 17, 2015New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in January 2015, down from 6.0 percent in December and down from 6.7 percent a year ago. The national unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, up from December’s rate of 5.6 percent but down f...

Alabama’s January Unemployment Rate is 6.0% Largest Number of Jobs Supported in January Since 2008 MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate is 6.0%, down from December 2014’s revised rate of 6.1%, an...

January 2015 Indiana Employment ReportINDIANAPOLIS (March 17, 2015) – The Hoosier State added 8,600 private sector jobs in January, led primarily by the Trade, Transportation & Utilities (+6,700), and Manufacturing (+1,500) Sectors. Over the past two years, Indiana’s private sector has...

Louisiana Workforce Rises to New HeightsState continues to set records, shows even more growth with revised federal numbersBATON ROUGE – New seasonally adjusted federal data for 2014 shows Louisiana added more jobs and its workforce grew even more than previously estimated, and that the gr...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

Wyoming Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.0 Percent in January 20153/16/2015CASPER - ?The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell significantly from 4.2% in December 2014 to 4.0% i...

In September of 2014, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) contracted with the NationalAssociation of State Workforce Agency’s (NASWA) Center for Employment Security Education & Research(CESER) to support the UI Integrity Center of Excellence (the Center) in its vision to he...

January Employment Hits 20-Year Record HighIdaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.1 percent in January – the lowest since March 2008 – while employment rose nearly 4,200 to a record 746,600. The one-month gain in employment was the lar...

Annual Revisions Show Improvements in Nevada’s Economy Carson City, NV —Annual adjustments to Nevada’s labor market data show that job growth was slightly stronger than initially estimated in 2014. Specifically, job estimates increased by 600 from preliminary readings. As a result, 2013-20...

Axis Pipe and Tube Partners with Blinn College for $115,145 Job-Training GrantAUSTIN – Axis Pipe and Tube Inc. has partnered with Blinn College to provide customized training for new and incumbent employees using a $115,145 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission ...