The April 2026 jobs report released today shows a volatile labor market that’s being held together by women workers. Mothers with young children have been largely responsible for that post-pandemic ...

In the latest jobs report, out Friday, there’s some details to like and and some to be worried about. On the “maybe we should worry about this” side, the labor force participation rate — aka the ...

The share of American men working or searching for a job recently hit the lowest level since 1948, aside from the pandemic, ...

The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those top line numbers indicate a ...

The recent strike by autoworkers is one signal of a changing labor market that gives more leverage to employees to demand better pay and working conditions. The post-pandemic world has seen consistent ...

Foreign-born workers made up 18.1% of the US labor force in 2022 — the most in 27 years of recordkeeping, according to a report from the Department of Labor. Immigrants’ record share of the US labor ...