Showing posts with label long term unemployed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long term unemployed. Show all posts

Friday, March 10, 2017

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration February 2017

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed generally improved in February.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 1.801 million or 23.8% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 10.0 weeks and the average stay on unemployment went flat at 25.1 weeks.



Friday, February 03, 2017

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration January 2017

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed went flat in January.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 1.850 million or 24.4% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 10.2 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined to 25.1 weeks.



Friday, April 01, 2016

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration March 2016

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed generally worsened in March.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.213 million or 27.6% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment increased to 11.4 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined to 28.4 weeks.



Friday, March 04, 2016

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration February 2016

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed worsened notably in February.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.165 million or 27.7% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment increased to 11.2 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 29.0 weeks.



Friday, February 05, 2016

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration January 2016

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed generally worsened in January.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.089 million or 26.9% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment increased to 10.9 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 28.9 weeks.



Friday, January 08, 2016

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration December 2015

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed generally went flat in December.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.085 million or 26.3% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 10.5 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined to 27.6 weeks.



Friday, November 06, 2015

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration October 2015

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed generally went flat in October.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.142 million or 26.8% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 11.2 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 28.0 weeks.



Friday, September 04, 2015

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration August 2015

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed worsened in August while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.187 million or 27.7% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment increased to 12.1 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 28.4 weeks.



Friday, February 06, 2015

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration January 2015

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed were mixed in January while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 2.800 million or 31.5% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment increased to 13.4 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined slightly to 32.3 weeks.



Friday, June 06, 2014

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration May 2014

Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in May while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 3.374 million or 34.6% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 14.6 weeks and the average stay on unemployment went declined to 34.5 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.



Friday, February 07, 2014

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration January 2014


The latest employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in January while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 3.646 million or 35.8% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined increased to 16.0 weeks and the average stay on unemployment went flat at 35.4 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.



Friday, August 02, 2013

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration July 2013


Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in July while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 4.246 million or 37.0% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 15.7 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 36.6 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.



Monday, July 08, 2013

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration June 2013


Last week's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in June while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 4.328 million or 36.7% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 16.3 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined to 35.6 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.



Friday, June 07, 2013

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration May 2013


Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed were mixed in May while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more increased to 4.357 million or 37.3% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 17.3 weeks and the average stay on unemployment increased to 36.9 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.



Friday, May 03, 2013

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration April 2013


Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in April  while still remaining distressed by historic standards.

Workers unemployed 27 weeks or more declined to 4.353 million or 37.4% of all unemployed workers while the median term of unemployment declined to 17.5 weeks and the average stay on unemployment declined to 36.5 weeks.

Looking at the charts below (click for super interactive versions) you can see that today’s sorry situation far exceeds even the conditions seen during the double-dip recessionary period of the early 1980s, long considered by economists to be the worst period of unemployment since the Great Depression.