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October’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 9 percent in Idaho for the first time since the aftermath of the double dip recessions in the early 1980s.
 
The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday revised Idaho’s October rate upward by a tenth of a percentage point from the forecast rate on Nov. 6. Based on additional statistical information, the government found that not only did the 1,000 new entrants into the labor force fail to find work but over 600 who had jobs in September did not work in October. Read more... 11/18/2009
 
 
Idaho’s Median Wage Rose 3.8 Percent in 2008
The median wage for all occupations in Idaho rose just 3.8 percent from spring 2007 to spring 2008, exceeding the national increase of 3.1 percent during the first six months of the national recession. Read more...  08/14/09 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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Education Pays Poster 2009

Statewide 9.0%
(Seasonally Adjusted, preliminary data October 2009)
 
1,523,816 (2008)
1,499,402 (2007)
1,466,465 (2006)
1,429,096 (2005)
 
$31,197 (2007)
 
CPI-U  215.3 (Annual 2008)
CPI-U  216.0 (September 2009)
Percent Change       
Aug-09       Sep-08
 0.1%           -1.3%
The national Consumer Price Index
rate of inflation is used in Idaho
because there is no index for Idaho.