by - June 19, 2020 11:38 am
The May jobless rate in Arkansas was 9.5%, down from 10.8% in April, but much higher than the 3.5% in May 2019. The May report marks the second full month…
by - April 17, 2020 3:48 pm
The number of unemployed in Arkansas’ March jobs report rose 37.4% year-over-year, and was up 38.7% compared to February. The March report shows the initial impact of COVID-19 on the…
by - March 27, 2020 3:48 pm
The federal jobs report posted Friday (March 27) showed a gain of 5,516 jobs in Arkansas between February 2018 and February 2019, a rise of just 0.42%. The February report…
by - March 16, 2020 2:02 pm
Year-over-year job growth rose just 0.36% in Arkansas, with the January jobless rate pegged at 3.5%, down from 3.6% in January 2019. Most of the state’s job growth was in…
by - January 24, 2020 1:58 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 3.6% in December, unchanged from November, and below the 3.7% in December 2018. Year-over-year, the state economy added 16,396 jobs, a 1.25% increase according to data…
by - December 20, 2019 12:52 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 3.6% in November, up from the 3.5% in October, but below the 3.7% in November 2018. Year-over-year, the state economy added 14,009 jobs, a 1.07% increase…
by - November 19, 2019 12:57 pm
Following several big job announcements across the state in the last month, Arkansas’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.5% as the civilian labor pool increased by a tidy 1,626 jobs…
by - October 18, 2019 5:57 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate moved off the state’s record low and now matches the national average at 3.5% touched earlier this month, according to monthly U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
by - September 20, 2019 12:33 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment remained at a sterling 3.4% as employers continued posting “help wanted” signs to find workers to fill key positions in the ever-tightening labor market. According to labor force…
by - August 16, 2019 2:09 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to a record low of 3.4% in July from the 3.5% in June, and below the 3.6% in July 2018. Year-over-year, the state economy added 15,625…
by - June 21, 2019 3:26 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment rate held for the second straight month at 3.6% as continued strong job growth across several industry sectors pushed nonfarm payroll jobs to record levels in May, state…
by - May 17, 2019 2:52 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 3.6% in April from the 3.7% in March, matching the record low first posted in March 2017. Year-over-year, the state economy added 10,700 jobs, a…
by - April 19, 2019 11:27 am
An estimated gain of 8,585 jobs between March 2018 and March 2019 helped push Arkansas’ jobless rate to 3.7%, better than the 3.8% in March 2018 and the 3.8% in…
by - March 22, 2019 11:27 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 3.8% in February, marking 32 consecutive months the closely watched economic indicator has been under 4%. The rate was up from 3.7% in January, and unchanged…
by - December 21, 2018 9:58 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate in November rose one-tenth of a percent to 3.6%, according to state and federal workforce officials. On Friday (Dec. 21), the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services released…
by - October 28, 2018 11:03 am
While Arkansas’ unemployment rate has fallen to an all-time low of 3.5%, UA economist Mervin Jebaraj warns that there is a troubling trend of younger workers dropping out of the…
by - July 20, 2018 2:36 pm
Arkansas’ labor force saw a loss of nearly 1,400 positions in June, but the state’s jobless rate remained hedged in at 4% for the fifth month as worries about the…
by - June 15, 2018 7:26 pm
Arkansas’ manufacturing sector continued to outperform most of the state’s economy in 2018 as another 1,200 jobs were added at mostly “soft good” factories across the state between May and…
by - April 29, 2018 10:04 am
Despite a steady unemployment number of 3.8%, a University of Arkansas economist says there are underlying fundamentals that need to improve to maintain Arkansas’ continued jobs momentum. Economist Mervin Jebaraj,…
by - April 20, 2018 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ tight job market held serve in March in line with the national trend where unemployment rates in nearly all 50 states reported little or no change at the end…
