by - April 19, 2024 9:50 am
Arkansas’ March jobless rate of 3.5% was down from 3.6% in February, but was higher than the 2.8% in March 2023 thanks in large part to an almost 24% year-over-year…
by - March 22, 2024 11:11 am
A more than 24% year-over-year increase in Arkansans without jobs and slower pace of job growth helped pushed the state’s February jobless rate to 3.6%, up from 2.9% in February…
by - March 11, 2024 10:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate rose to 3.7% in January from 3.4% in January 2023 even with year-over-year employment gains in Education and Health Services and the Construction sectors., according to a…
by - January 23, 2024 2:48 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate in December rose slightly to 3.4% from 3.3% in November. The rate was unchanged from December 2022. The estimated number of Arkansans without jobs rose by 446…
by - December 22, 2023 10:08 am
Despite big job gains in Arkansas’ tourism and construction sectors, the state’s jobless rate in November rose to 3.3% from 3.1% in October. The rate was below the 3.5% in…
by - November 17, 2023 11:29 am
A continued rise in the number of Arkansans without jobs pushed the state’s jobless rate from 2.9% in September to 3.1% in October. It’s the first time the jobless rate…
by - October 21, 2023 10:21 am
An almost 7% month-to-month increase in the number of jobless pushed Arkansas’ unemployment rate from 2.7% in August to 2.9% in September. However, the number of jobless in September is…
by - September 19, 2023 2:36 pm
An increase in the number of jobless between July and August was partially responsible for Arkansas’ jobless rate rising from 2.6% in July to 2.7% in August. But the rate…
by - August 18, 2023 10:29 am
Year-over-year job gains Arkansas during July outpaced labor force growth which helped keep the state’s jobless rate at a record low of 2.6%, and was well below the 3.3% in…
by - July 21, 2023 11:11 am
A year-over-year gain of more than 21,000 jobs and an almost 20% drop in the number of unemployed pushed Arkansas’ June jobless rate to a new record low of 2.6%….
by - May 19, 2023 10:35 am
An almost 10% decline in the number of unemployed and a 1% gain in jobs year-over-year helped push Arkansas’ April jobless rate to 2.8%, below the 3.1% in April 2022…
by - April 21, 2023 12:01 pm
A more than 5% decline in the number of unemployed helped push Arkansas’ jobless rate to a new record low of 3% in March, and better than the 3.1% in…
by - March 13, 2023 11:23 am
The number of jobless Arkansans rose 6.3% in January while the number of those with jobs rose just 0.88% compared with January 2022, which pushed the state’s jobless rate up…
by - January 24, 2023 10:39 am
Arkansas’ December jobless rate of 3.6% was better than the 3.7% in November, but is higher than the 3.3% in December 2021. The labor force participation rate improved, but the…
by - December 16, 2022 10:44 am
After reaching a recent low of 3.1% in February, Arkansas’ jobless rate moved higher during the year and reached 3.7% in November, which was higher than the 3.3% in November…
by - November 18, 2022 10:55 am
The number of unemployed in Arkansas has risen for seven straight months and the number with jobs has declined for three consecutive months, pushing the state’s jobless rate to 3.6%…
by - October 21, 2022 9:50 am
A slight increase in the number of unemployed and fewer jobs compared to August caused Arkansas’ jobless rate to increase from 3.4% in August to 3.5% in September. The September…
by - September 16, 2022 10:00 am
Arkansas job numbers declined between July and August, pushing the jobless rate from 3.3% to 3.4% in August. The jobless rate was better than the 3.8% in August 2021, and…
by - August 19, 2022 10:15 am
A slower pace of job growth and a 2.5% rise in the number of jobless pushed Arkansas’ unemployment rate up slightly to 3.3% in July from the 3.2% in June….
by - June 17, 2022 10:22 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate remained at 3.2% in May, and better than the 4.4% in May 2021. The state posted year-over-year job gains of 2.7%, with the labor force up 1.45%…
