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Labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector increased 2.2 percent in third quarter 2024, as output increased 3.5 percent and hours worked increased 1.2 percent.
read full article »In honor of National Care at Home Month, we are highlighting data about two of the most common occupations that provide care to people with illnesses or disabilities in a home or community-based setting—home health aides and personal care aides.
In 2023, adults living in households with children under age 6 spent an average of 2.3 hours per day providing primary childcare to household children. Primary childcare is childcare that is done as a main activity. Some of the childcare activities that these adults spent the most time doing on an average day were providing physical care (54 minutes) and playing or doing hobbies with children (35 minutes).
The unemployment rate for people age 16 and older was unchanged at 4.1 percent in October 2024, but higher than a year earlier (3.8 percent). The rate has ranged from 4.0 percent to 4.3 percent since May 2024.