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The Employment Situation - October 2024 - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in October (+12,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the ...

FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan | The White House

President Biden is calling on Congress to make a historic and overdue investment in our roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, and transit ...

Why the U.S. needs a $15 minimum wage - Economic Policy Institute

This fact sheet was updated February 19 with a new section on tipped workers. The federal minimum hourly wage is just $7.25 and Congress has ...

Bearing The Cost Report - U.S. Department of Labor

report shows, women are concentrated in female-dominated jobs, which are lower paying and often less valued than male-dominated occupations.

About - National Low Income Housing Coalition

OOR24 shows how difficult it is for renters to find affordable housing. Find out how much a renter must earn to afford a modest home at ...

The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the US Construction Industry

Now, job quality for some construction workers has deteriorated to the point that they earn wages too low to make ends meet and therefore fall ...

Investing in America, Investing in Americans Workforce ...

In short, the Department sees economic development and workforce development as inextricably linked. The Department of Commerce has a three-part ...

The 50 Lowest-Paying Jobs in America - Yahoo Finance

When you're earning at or just above the minimum wage, you might find yourself needing to supplement your full-time job with one or two part- ...

Why the U.S. needs at least a $17 minimum wage

The federal minimum hourly wage is just $7.25, and Congress has not increased it since 2009. Low wages hurt all workers and are particularly ...

The State of American Jobs | Pew Research Center

How the shifting economic landscape is reshaping work and society and affecting the way people think about the skills and training they need ...

Fastest Growing Occupations - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Fastest growing occupations: 20 occupations with the highest projected percent change of employment between 2023-33. Click on an occupation name ...

Reach for the STARs Report - Opportunity@Work

There is a vast overlooked talent pool of 70+ million workers who are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs). These are workers who have a high school ...

The Effects on Employment and Family Income of Increasing the ...

The. Congressional Budget Office examined how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would affect employment ...

The COVID-19 hazard continues, but the hazard pay does not

While the hazards of COVID-19 are growing worse, few frontline essential workers are receiving any hazard pay at all.

For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades

Adjusted for inflation, today's average hourly wage has about as much purchasing power as it did in 1978. Most wage increases have gone to ...

2023 Work in America Survey - American Psychological Association

The changing landscape of workplaces has drawn heightened attention to the needs and expectations of workers across the nation when it comes to mental ...

Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal - The White House

Today, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), a once-in-a-generation investment in our ...

Raising the Minimum Wage Comes Cheap | The Nation

California fast food workers now have one of the highest minimum wages in the country. In 2022, the state Legislature passed the FAST Recovery ...

Farm Labor - USDA ERS

Hired farmworkers make up less than 1 percent of all U.S. wage and salary workers, but they play an essential role in U.S. agriculture.

Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and ...

Like minimum wage violations, overtime violations were of substantial magnitude. The average worker with a violation had put in 11 hours of ...