Idaho’s March unemployment rate remains at 3.7%

Friday October 20, 2023

State first in nation for over-the-year nonfarm job growth at 2.7%

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged between February and March, remaining at 3.7%.

March’s labor force decreased by 667 (-0.1%) people to 1,011,659 while the labor force participation rate – the percentage of people 16 years of age or older who are either employed or looking for work – decreased by 0.1 percentage point between February and March, down to 63.7%.