The Current State of Unemployment

THE CURRENT STATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT North Dakota - 26% (10,600) South Dakota - 3.6% (16,400) North Dakota has the lowest Nebraska - 3.7% (37,700) Utah - 43% (60,700) Hawaii - 4.4% 29,900) unemployment rate, at 2.6% while lowa -4.4% (72,500) Vermont - 4.4% (15,300) Wyoming - 4.4% (13,600) Rhode Island & Nevada share the Minnesota - 4.6% (137,400) Kansas - 5.1% (76,400) New Hampshire - 5.1% (37,600) Montana - 5.2% (26,300) Oklahoma -5.1% (98,300) highest, at 9%. Virginia - 5.4% (227,900) Idaho - 6.1% (47,300) Missouri - 6.1% (182,300) Texas -6.1% (776,100) West Virginia - 6.1% (48,200) Alabama -62% (132,400) Louisiana - 6.3% (131,100) Wisconsin - 63% (194800) Florida - 64% (599,400) Maine - 6.4% (45,500) Maryland - 6.4% (199,800) New Mexico - 6.4% - (58,700) Alaska - 6.5% (23,700) Colorado - 6.5% (177,100) Delaware - 6.5% (28,500) Washington - 6.8% -(235,200) Massachusetts - 7.1%- 245,700) South Carolina - 7.1% - (152,600) Indiana - 7.3% (232,400) Oregon - 7.3% (139,800) Pennsylvania - 7.3% (469,800) New York -7.4% (716,000) North Carolina - 74% (343,600) Ohio - 7.4% (426,800) Arkansas - 75% (99,100) Connecticut - 7.6% (140,300) Georgia - 7.7% (363,100) Arizona - 78% (2,534,600) New Jersey -7.8% (351,800) Tennessee - 8.1% (248,100) Kentucky - 8.2% (169,400) Mississippi - 8.3% (107,000) California - 85% (1,578,200) linois - 8.7% (567 500) Michigan - 8.8% (413,200) Nevada - 9% (122,700) Rhode Island - 9% (49,500) There are currently 13,2|1,000 Unemployed Individuals in the United States This nearly amounts to the populations of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska, Hawaii, Kansas, & Utah - combined! The average person is unemployed for 37.2 weeks January February March April May June July August September October November December less than 5 weeks 22.6% 5-14 weeks 23.8% 15-26 weeks 16.2% 27 weeks and over 37.7% The average American's earnings are $24.15/hour The average American would earn $28,748.16 for full-time employment for an average duration of unemployment. An individual with less than a high school diploma is over 3x as likely to be unemployed as a person with a bachelor's degree or higher. Less than a high-school diploma 10.8% High school graduate, no college 7.3% Some college or associate's degree 6.4% Bachelor's or higher 3.4% Not everybody works full-time. There are 7.7 million involuntary part-time workers in the United States. In 2012,1 in every 4 part-time workers lived in poverty. While 1 in every 20 full-time workers lived in poverty. As of November 2013, there were a total of 953,000 jobs created 222,000 (23%) full-time part-time 731,000 (77%) Only 222,000 Cor 23%) of them are full-time. The other 731,000 77%) are part-time employment. 4 out of every 5 US Adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty, or reliance on welfare for at least part of their lives. By 2030, based on the current trend of income inequality, close to.. 85% of all working-age adults in the US will experience bouts of economic insecurity. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t04.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nro.htm http://www.moneynews.com/nealasbury/full-time-part-time-jobs-workers/2013/08/29/id/522850 http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publication/794 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/80-percent-of-us-adults-face-near-poverty-unemployment-survey-finds/2/ brought to you by... V eJobApplications.com