The unemployment rate for Gen Z graduates with a master’s degree or higher averaged 5.8% in the first half of 2025, up from just 3% in the same six-month span a year earlier, based on data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. That’s well above the national unemployment rate of 4.1%.

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 labor force declined by more than 4,000 in May compared to April. Since May a year ago, the labor force declined by nearly 30,000.

Unemployment rates in two counties that previously had the highest in Western North Carolina declined in May. While over 6,00 remain unemployed in Buncombe County, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates many remain unemployed in the Asheville-area ...

(The Center Square) – Michigan’s unemployment is the second highest nationally, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With Michigan’s unemployment rate at 5.4% in May, Nevada is the only state with higher unemployment at 5.5%. Down just 0.1% from the previous month, 276,547 Michiganders remain unemployed.

Unemployment among Black Americans last month reached its highest level in more than three years, in stark contrast to the broader labor market’s stunning resilience.

From 'you look sadder' trends to jokes about Waymo collisions, Gen Z individuals are coping with the brutal 2025 job market the only way they know how: by going viral!

Anthropology and computer engineering are among the top five college majors in the U.S. with highest unemployment rate, a report shows.

New weekly unemployment claims in Michigan rose by 130% last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said on July 10.