The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those top line numbers indicate a ...

The American labor market is reaching a critical turning point that could tighten labor availability in rural industries and slow growth across the U.S. economy. A new quarterly report from CoBank’s ...

In just three months, more than 1 million foreign-born workers disappeared from the U.S. labor force. Let that sink in. From March to June 2025, the foreign-born labor force shrank from approximately ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved ...

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is taking a growing toll on a weakening labor market, economists say. Forecasters surveyed by Bloomberg estimate the Labor Department on Friday, Aug. 1 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As millions of Americans gather Monday to celebrate Labor Day, federal data shows how President Trump's immigration policies are ...

Across Connecticut, the number of people employed or actively searching for a job has dropped in recent months — a possible result of federal immigration policy. According to the most recent monthly ...

Iowa ended 2025 with more people working and participating in the labor force, even as overall employment dipped slightly at ...