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Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Regions and States

Prost! Celebrating Oktoberfest with a look at brewery employment (09/30/2015)
West Virginia has highest unemployment rate among the states in August 2015 (09/25/2015)
West Virginia had employment decrease of 19,500 from August 2014 to August 2015 (09/24/2015)
Multiple jobholding in states in 2014 (08/28/2015)
Nebraska has lowest jobless rate among states in July 2015 (08/27/2015)
Utah employment up 4.4 percent over the year ended July 2015 (08/26/2015)
Hurricane Katrina: a look back at employment and unemployment (08/25/2015)
Registered nurses employment and wages by state and metropolitan area (08/19/2015)
Rhode Island unemployment declines 1.8 percentage points over the year ended in June 2015 (07/27/2015)
California, Texas, and Florida have largest over-the-year employment increases, June 2015 (07/24/2015)
Percent changes in average hourly earnings by state, May 2014 to May 2015 (07/15/2015)
Movie theater establishments and wages, fourth quarter 2014 (07/14/2015)
Nebraska had lowest unemployment rate in May 2015, West Virginia and DC the highest (06/25/2015)
West Virginia only state to lose employment from May 2014 to May 2015 (06/24/2015)
Employment in casinos, third quarter 2014 (06/10/2015)
State employment concentration among protective service occupations (06/02/2015)
All 9 geographic divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, April 2015 (06/01/2015)
Utah has largest over-the-year percent gain in employment, April 2015 (05/29/2015)
Large metropolitan area unemployment rates, March 2015 (05/06/2015)
Employment and annual wages for preschool, primary, middle, and secondary school teachers (05/05/2015)
Alaska has highest rates of employment turnover in third quarter 2014 (05/01/2015)
Unemployment rates down over the year in 27 states; Kentucky has largest decline (04/24/2015)
Wyoming had highest share of employment in construction in March 2015 (04/23/2015)
All metro divisions had over-the-year gains in employment, February 2015 (04/10/2015)
Nebraska and North Dakota have lowest jobless rates in February 2015 (04/01/2015)
States with statistically significant over-the-year employment increases, February 2015 (03/31/2015)
West North Central region had lowest unemployment rate, Pacific region the highest, in January 2015 (03/20/2015)
Delaware had highest share of employment in financial activities in January 2015 (03/19/2015)
State employment–population ratios in 2014 (03/09/2015)
Arkansas had highest share of employment in nondurable goods manufacturing in December 2014 (02/24/2015)
Union membership by state in 2014 (02/04/2015)
Illinois has the largest unemployment rate decline, December 2013 to December 2014 (01/30/2015)
Indiana had highest share of employment in durable goods manufacturing in December 2014 (01/29/2015)
November unemployment rates down over the year in 28 states (12/30/2014)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment at 4.8 percent (12/29/2014)
October unemployment rates down over the year in 354 of 372 metro areas (12/18/2014)
Employer costs for employee compensation $35.27 per hour in New England (12/12/2014)
Wages of retail salespersons, by state (12/05/2014)
Illinois and Nevada have largest unemployment rate declines, October 2013 to October 2014 (11/28/2014)
Minnesota had highest employment in turkey production, with North Carolina close behind (11/26/2014)
Sixty-five percent of workers in the Northeast had access to paid sick leave in March 2014 (11/06/2014)
Employment in political organizations, by state (11/04/2014)
Illinois and Nevada have largest declines in unemployment rate, September 2013 to September 2014 (10/23/2014)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment at 5.1 percent (10/22/2014)
Nonprofits account for 11.4 million jobs, 10.3 percent of all private sector employment (10/21/2014)
National Hispanic Heritage Month (10/01/2014)
Retirement benefits most prevalent in Midwest (09/30/2014)
Illinois has the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease, August 2014 (09/24/2014)
Washington had highest share of employment in the information industry, August 2014 (09/23/2014)
Multiple jobholding in states in 2013 (08/27/2014)
Eighteen states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 6.2 percent, July 2014 (08/25/2014)
Employment increased in 49 states, decreased in Alaska, from July 2013 to July 2104 (08/22/2014)
Largest industries by state, 1990–2013 (07/28/2014)
Unemployment in the states, June 2014 (07/22/2014)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage employment increase, June 2014 (07/21/2014)
State unemployment, May 2014 (06/25/2014)
Massachusetts and R.I. had highest share of employment in healthcare and social assistance, May 2014 (06/24/2014)
State unemployment, 2004 to 2014 (05/22/2014)
Indiana has highest share of total employment in manufacturing, April 2014 (05/21/2014)
Metropolitan division nonfarm employment, March 2013 to March 2014 (04/30/2014)
Carolinas and Indiana have largest unemployment rate declines, March 2013 to March 2014 (04/25/2014)
North Dakota has largest percentage increase in employment from 2003 to 2013 (04/24/2014)
Office and administrative support occupations make up nearly 16 percent of U.S. employment, May 2013 (04/09/2014)
Employment changes in the oil and natural gas industry, by state (04/04/2014)
State employment changes by industry, February 2013 to February 2014 (03/31/2014)
State unemployment and employment, January 2014 (03/19/2014)
Employer cost for employee compensation $29.63 per hour, December 2013 (03/13/2014)
Significant declines in unemployment rates for 25 states and the District of Columbia, 2012-2013 (03/04/2014)
Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (02/06/2014)
State unemployment rates in December 2013 (01/30/2014)
Nevada and Rhode Island have highest unemployment rate, North Dakota lowest, in November 2013 (12/27/2013)
Metropolitan area employment, October 2013 (12/06/2013)
Gasoline prices now 5 times higher than in 1978 (12/05/2013)
Florida has largest decrease in unemployment rate from October 2012 to October 2013 (11/27/2013)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, October 2013 (11/26/2013)
Florida has largest over-the-year decrease in unemployment rate, August 2013 (09/24/2013)
Employment up 274,700 in Texas, up 3.0 percent in North Dakota, August 2012 to August 2013 (09/23/2013)
In Northeast, 43.5 percent of unemployed were jobless for 27+ weeks in 2012 (09/05/2013)
Northeast has highest percentage of workers employed in professional and related occupations, 2012 (09/04/2013)
Utah has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, July 2013 (08/21/2013)
U.S. city average for gasoline was $3.63 per gallon in June 2013 (07/26/2013)
Nineteen states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, June 2013 (07/23/2013)
Employment up in 49 states over the year, June 2013 (07/22/2013)
Twenty-one states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, May 2013 (06/26/2013)
States with statistically significant employment changes, May 2013 (06/25/2013)
State employment and unemployment, April 2013 (05/21/2013)
Unemployment by state, March 2013 (04/24/2013)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, March 2013 (04/23/2013)
State unemployment rates in February 2013 (04/03/2013)
State employment in February 2013 (04/02/2013)
States with lower-than-national unemployment rates (03/20/2013)
Annual average unemployment rates declined in 2013 (03/04/2013)
Texas has largest over-the-year employment increase; Nevada has largest unemployment rate decrease (01/22/2013)
State employment and unemployment, November 2012 (12/31/2012)
State unemployment rates, October 2012 (11/26/2012)
State unemployment rates, September 2012 (10/23/2012)
Employment by state, September 2012 (10/22/2012)
State employment and unemployment, August 2012 (09/25/2012)
State nonfarm payroll employment, July 2012 (08/21/2012)
State unemployment rates, July 2012 (08/20/2012)
State unemployment rates little changed in June (07/25/2012)
Changes in nonfarm payroll by state, June 2012 (07/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, May 2012 (06/19/2012)
Regional Consumer Price Indexes, April 2012 (05/24/2012)
State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)
State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)
State employment: January 2011 – January 2012 (03/21/2012)
State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011 (01/31/2012)
State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)
State employment and unemployment, November 2011 (12/22/2011)
Employment and wage trends in high-tech industries in Massachusetts (12/07/2011)
State employment and unemployment, October 2011 (11/29/2011)
State unemployment rates, August 2011 (09/23/2011)
Statistically significant employment changes, August 2011 (09/22/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the Northeast, July 2011 (09/06/2011)
State unemployment rates, July 2011 (08/24/2011)
Employment changes by state, July 2010–July 2011 (08/23/2011)
Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011 (08/15/2011)
Changes in state unemployment rates: June 2010–June 2011 (07/27/2011)
States with statistically significant employment changes, June 2011 (07/26/2011)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs by region, May 2011 (06/23/2011)
Over-the-year changes in state unemployment rates, May 2010–2011 (06/22/2011)
States with statistically significant employment changes in May 2011 (06/21/2011)
Pay comparisons between metropolitan areas in 2010 (05/27/2011)
West reports highest regional unemployment rate, April 2011 (05/26/2011)
State employment changes, April 2011 (05/25/2011)
State unemployment rates, March 2011 (04/22/2011)
States with statistically significant employment changes, March 2011 (04/21/2011)
State unemployment rates, February 2011 (03/30/2011)
State employment changes, February 2010–February 2011 (03/29/2011)
State unemployment rates, January 2011 (03/14/2011)
State employment changes, January 2011 (03/11/2011)
State unemployment rates in 2010 (03/01/2011)
State employment-population ratio declines, 2010 (02/28/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the West, December 2010 (02/04/2011)
Regional and State unemployment rates, December 2009 to December 2010 (01/27/2011)
State employment changes, December 2009–December 2010 (01/26/2011)
Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09 (01/04/2011)
State unemployment rates, November 2009 to November 2010 (12/27/2010)
State employment changes, November 2009–November 2010 (12/23/2010)
State unemployment rates, October 2010 (12/01/2010)
State employment changes, October 2009–October 2010 (11/30/2010)
Decreases in mass layoff initial claims in September 2010 (10/29/2010)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, September 2010 (10/27/2010)
State employment changes, September 2009–September 2010 (10/26/2010)
Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates (09/29/2010)
State employment changes, August 2009–August 2010 (09/28/2010)
State unemployment rates, July 2010 (08/27/2010)
State employment changes, July 2009–July 2010 (08/26/2010)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2009 (07/27/2010)
State unemployment rates, June 2010 (07/23/2010)
State employment changes, June 2009–June 2010 (07/22/2010)
Job openings in May 2010 (07/15/2010)
State unemployment rates, May 2010 (06/28/2010)
State employment changes, May 2009–May 2010 (06/25/2010)
State over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (05/28/2010)
State employment changes, April 2010 (05/27/2010)
State unemployment rates, March 2010 (04/22/2010)
Over-the-month employment changes by State in March (04/21/2010)
Job openings in February (04/07/2010)
Geography of unemployment, February 2010 (04/01/2010)
State employment changes, February 2010 (03/31/2010)
State unemployment rates and over-the-month employment changes, January 2010 (03/12/2010)
State employment-population ratio declines, 2008–09 (03/05/2010)
Job openings rate, December 2009 (02/18/2010)
State employment changes, December 2009 (01/29/2010)
State unemployment rate increases, December 2008–December 2009 (01/28/2010)
States with highest multiple jobholding rates (01/26/2010)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, November 2009 (12/29/2009)
State over-the-year employment changes, November 2009 (12/28/2009)
State unemployment rates, October 2009 (11/27/2009)
State employment changes, October 2009 (11/25/2009)
State unemployment rates in September 2009 (10/26/2009)
Average weekly wages: first quarter 2008–09 (10/20/2009)
State employment changes, August 2008–August 2009 (09/22/2009)
Geography of unemployment, August 2009 (09/21/2009)
Job openings rates, by industry, July 2008 and July 2009 (09/10/2009)
Payroll employment by State in July (08/26/2009)
Hires rate at low point in June 2009 (08/14/2009)
Average weekly wages among large counties, fourth quarter 2008 (07/23/2009)
State unemployment rates: June 2009 (07/21/2009)
States with the largest increases in unemployment rates, May 2008-May 2009 (06/22/2009)
States with the highest unemployment rates, April 2009 (05/27/2009)
Employment concentration: welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers (05/05/2009)
Unemployment rates higher in all 50 states in March 2009 than a year ago (04/20/2009)
Foreign-born workers by region, 2008 (03/31/2009)
2007-08 changes in State unemployment rates (03/03/2009)
Highest State unemployment rates in 2008 (03/02/2009)
Union membership by state, 2008 (02/03/2009)
Unemployment rates by state in December 2008 (01/28/2009)
Occupational injuries and illnesses, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (12/29/2008)
Multiple jobholding in States in 2007 (10/09/2008)
Over-the-month changes in State unemployment rates, August 2008 (09/22/2008)
Energy prices and expenditures in the South, 1984-2006 (05/30/2008)
Foreign-born workers by region, 2007 (03/31/2008)
U.S. skiing employment (03/12/2008)
2006-07 changes in State unemployment rates (03/05/2008)
Highest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/04/2008)
Lowest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/03/2008)
Union membership by State, 2007 (01/29/2008)
States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2007 (01/22/2008)
Hires rates by region, November 2006 and November 2007 (01/11/2008)
Multiple jobholding in 2006 (10/30/2007)
Layoffs by region in September 2007 (10/24/2007)
Gross job gains and losses by State (08/31/2007)
Layoffs by region in July 2007 (08/24/2007)
Employment concentration in automotive industries (07/25/2007)
Health benefit costs by region (07/06/2007)
Mass layoffs in April 2007 (05/24/2007)
Foreign-born workers by region, 2006 (05/03/2007)
2005-06 changes in State unemployment rates (03/22/2007)
Fourth-quarter productivity growth revised downward (03/07/2007)
States with highest unemployment rates in 2006 (03/06/2007)
Lowest State unemployment rates in 2006 (03/05/2007)
Union membership by State, 2006 (01/30/2007)
States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2006 (01/24/2007)
Multiple jobholding in 2005 (12/27/2006)
Mass layoffs by region in November (12/26/2006)
Job openings rate in August 2006 (10/12/2006)
Mass layoffs in August (09/22/2006)
The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina (08/31/2006)
Middle Atlantic division had highest earnings in June 2005 (07/26/2006)
Hires rates by region, May 2006 (07/12/2006)
Foreign-born workers by region (05/11/2006)
Mass-layoff initial claims for unemployment insurance by State, March 2006 (04/21/2006)
2004 – 2005 changes in State unemployment rates (03/07/2006)
Fewer workers idled by work stoppages in 2005 (03/03/2006)
Lowest State unemployment rate: Hawaii (03/02/2006)
Multiple jobholding in 2004 (01/06/2006)
Post-hurricane claims for unemployment compensation (10/26/2005)
State unemployment rates in September 2005 (10/24/2005)
Unemployment insurance claims due to mass layoffs, August 2005 (09/26/2005)
Mass layoffs and geography, June 2005 (07/27/2005)
May 2005 layoffs by region (06/27/2005)
States and mass layoffs in March 2005 (04/27/2005)
States with highest unemployment rate in 2004: Alaska and Oregon (03/14/2005)
State with lowest unemployment rate in 2004: Hawaii (03/11/2005)
Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates, December 2004 (01/26/2005)
Job openings in November (01/13/2005)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance by region, October 2004 (11/26/2004)
Shrinking employment in the information sector by State, March 2003–04 (10/19/2004)
Unemployment insurance claimants by region (07/23/2004)
Fewer separated in mass layoffs in most regions (06/02/2004)
Changes in unemployment rates by region in January (03/11/2004)
South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate again in 2003 (03/03/2004)
Highest unemployment rate in 2003: Oregon (03/01/2004)
Lowest unemployment rates in December 2003: North and South Dakota (01/28/2004)
Multiple jobholders in 2002 (01/21/2004)
Variation in workers paid Federal minimum wage by region (12/11/2003)
Extended mass layoffs and the 9/11 attacks (09/10/2003)
Growth in wages and salaries by region over the year (08/13/2003)
June 2003 mass layoffs by region (07/29/2003)
Earnings highest in Middle Atlantic division (07/22/2003)
Compensation growth most rapid in Midwest over the year (05/12/2003)
Regional variation in employment in 2001 (04/29/2003)
Drops in employment-population ratios in most States (03/05/2003)
Highest unemployment rate in 2002: Alaska (03/04/2003)
South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2002 (03/03/2003)
Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/2003)
Moonlighting across the U.S. (01/23/2003)
Largest pay gains in Delaware and Maryland (10/04/2002)
Highest pay in 2001: Connecticut (10/01/2002)
More layoffs in West, more laid off in Midwest in July (08/27/2002)
New job openings and labor turnover survey (07/31/2002)
Regional variation in employment (07/24/2002)
Homeownership highest in Midwest and South (07/18/2002)
Midwest had highest employment-population ratios in 2001 (02/28/2002)
State with highest unemployment rate in 2001: Washington (02/27/2002)
North Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2001 (02/26/2002)
Average unemployment up in most States in 2001 (02/25/2002)
Middle Atlantic tops in hourly earnings in 2000 (02/13/2002)
Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/2002)
Benefits vary somewhat by region (12/20/2001)
Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/2001)
Highest pay in 2000: Connecticut (09/24/2001)
Working more than one job in 2000 (09/21/2001)
Massachusetts, California tops in pay gains (09/20/2001)
Midwesterners are most likely to be on the job (08/01/2001)
Displacement rate still highest in West (07/31/2001)
Manufacturing employment by region, 1999 (07/25/2001)
Hourly earnings highest in Middle Atlantic (07/10/2001)
Highest unemployment rate in 2000: Alaska (03/06/2001)
Virginia had lowest unemployment rate in 2000 (03/02/2001)
Average unemployment down for most States in 2000 (02/26/2001)
Fitness, wellness benefits moderately prevalent for State, local government workers (02/21/2001)
Connecticut, New York tops in pay (12/06/2000)
Washington State, Massachusetts lead in pay gains (11/20/2000)
Multiple jobholding rates higher in North (11/08/2000)
Union membership shows distinct geographic pattern (11/02/2000)
Wages and benefits highest in Northeast (07/06/2000)
Midwest has lowest unemployment rate again (04/04/2000)
Iowa reports lowest unemployment rate in 1999 (03/01/2000)
Unemployment decline widespread in 1999 (02/28/2000)
Montana had the lowest pay in 1998 (01/11/2000)
Washington State reports biggest pay gain again (12/16/1999)
Midwestern States have top employment-population ratios (09/08/1999)
Educational and health services employment most extensive in Northeast (08/16/1999)
Agriculture employment most widespread by far in West North Central States (08/12/1999)
Manufacturing employment most prevalent in Midwest (08/06/1999)
Considerable variation in multiple jobholding by State (07/30/1999)
Large variation in union membership by State (07/22/1999)
Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (07/16/1999)
Alaska has smallest pay gain in 1997 (06/25/1999)
Washington State reports biggest pay gain in 1997 (06/24/1999)
Consumers in the South spend less on entertainment in 1997 (04/30/1999)
West region’s mass layoffs decline the most during 1998 (04/29/1999)
Apparel spending down in 1997 (04/27/1999)
West, South lead employment growth by region in 1998 (04/21/1999)
Consumer prices in the South rise 1.5 percent in 1998 (03/29/1999)
1998 consumer price rise in the West slightly above national increase (03/22/1999)
Southeast region employs the most textile workers (03/18/1999)
Consumer prices rose 1.7 percent in the Northeast in 1998 (03/08/1999)
Midwest jobless rate lowest for eighth straight year (03/02/1999)
Outside DC, largest federal employment share in Alaska (03/01/1999)
Montana reports lowest weekly wage (02/22/1999)
Northeastern States have highest weekly wages (02/19/1999)
New Mexico had highest State unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/26/1999)
Three Midwestern States tie for lowest unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/25/1999)
Homeowner expenditures take more out of budgets in Northeast and West (12/15/1998)