Labor Force Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

Idaho’s December unemployment rate decreases to 3.6%

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased between November and December, from 3.7% to 3.6%.

December’s labor force increased by 1,628 (0.2%) people to 1,013,141 while the labor force participation rate – the percentage of people 16 years or older who are either employed or looking for work – was unchanged between November and December, remaining at 62.9%.

Continue reading this month’s rate release. (1/23/2026)

State data and average annual rates

January 2024 through December 2025

Updated 1/23/2026

2025 Revised and preliminary data

Updated 1/23/2026

2025 Preliminary monthly county data

2024 Labor force data benchmarked

What is the LAUS program?

The LAUS program is a federal-state cooperative venture that counts the number of people working — not jobs — by where they live. The data collected include individuals either working or actively seeking work during any part of the week that includes the 12th of the month. The results are used to develop monthly estimates of labor force statistics — the number of people employed, unemployed and the unemployment rate — at the state, county and labor market area levels and for selected cities.

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