Monday, June 23, 2008

May Unemployment by State

On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released May 2008 unemployment statistics by states. About a month ago, I posted the April figures. In April, California, Michigan, Rhode Island, Alaska, and Washington D.C. had the highest levels of unemployment. Between April and May, Rhode Island experienced the highest gains in unemployment and now sits with a 7.2% unemployment rate, and Alaska had the second-highest unemployment rate at 7.0%. In contrast, Oklahoma continued to enjoy declines in unemployment and now has a 3.5% unemployment rate, down from 4.5% in April.

1 comment:

Richard Jennings said...

There are still a lot of great jobs posted on employment sites -

http://www.realmatch.com
http://www.cragslist.com
http://www.simplyhired.com

Its almost as if the unemployment stats dont make sense when you look at all the jobs posted.