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Idaho’s unemployment rate remains at 3.6% in June
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged between May and June, remaining at 3.6%.
June’s labor force decreased by 541 people (-0.1%) to 1,010,662 while the labor force participation rate – the percentage of people 16 years or older who are either employed or looking for work – decreased by 0.1 percentage point between May and June, down to 63.4%. Total employment decreased by 426 to 973,958 and unemployment decreased by 115 (-0.3%) to 36,704.
Idaho rural profile labor market webinar
The department’s Labor Market Research Manager Craig Shaul and Labor Economists Jan Roeser and Seth Harrington discuss changes over the past 20 years in the state’s rural demographics.
Idaho Employment Newsletter
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Idaho’s housing market reflects construction trends
The housing market has been a hot topic in recent years as high mortgage rates and rising prices have created affordability challenges across the state. To address these challenges, multi-family housing unit permits have had an increasing share of overall housing permits in Idaho.