Attention Economy


Saturday, February 2, 2013

Jan 2013 US Labor Market Report


Jan 2013 BLS Report

Highlights:

Unemployment rate: 7.9%
Number of unemployed persons: 12.3 million
Long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more): 4.7 million
Employment-population ratio: 58.6 percent
Civilian labor force participation rate: 63.6 percent

Total nonfarm payroll employment: +157,000