Idaho’s January unemployment rate remains at 3.8%
State first in nation for over-the-year nonfarm job growth at 2.8%
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged between December and January, remaining at 3.8%.
December 2024’s unemployment rate also remained the same at 3.8% after the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) annual benchmarking process. (More information about the benchmarking process can be found below.)
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What is unemployment insurance (UI)?
UI is a program for the accumulation of funds paid by employers to be used for payments of UI to workers during periods of unemployment, which are beyond their control.
The Idaho Department of Labor gathers UI data to study, analyze, model and forecast the economic impact of unemployment on the state’s economy.