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Idaho's Unemployment Rate Jumped to 5 Percent

Idaho employers reduced jobs from August to September for the first time in over 30 years, accelerating the increase in the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate four-tenths of a point to 5 percent.

It was the third largest one-month jump in the rate this year following half-point increases in both May and August and the highest rate since January 2004. The rate stood at 2.7 percent in September 2007. Since January, the jobless rate has risen more than two full percentage points. Read more... 10/03/08

Idaho 2008 Occupational Wage & Employment Report Just Released

Do you need to know how your wages compare to others in the same occupation or other similar occupations? Answer these questions with this year's occupational employment and wage report from the Idaho Department of Labor. Read more... 9/09/08

On The Map Version 3 provides detailed maps showing where workers are employed and where they live with companion reports on age, earnings, industry distribution, and local workforce indicators. Read more... 09/08/08

Health Care Will Lead Idaho Jobs Through 2016

Idaho’s economy has cooled off from the torrid pace that marked the late 1990s and the post-recession years, and it will be growing at a more sustainable rate through 2016. Read more... 8/28/2008 or View the 2006-2016 Employment Projections Tables