by sslifer | Apr 3, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 3, 2025 The average duration of unemployment fell 0.4 week in March to 25.3 weeks after having jumped 2.0 weeks in February. That works out to an average duration of unemployment of about six months. It appears that unemployed workers are having a somewhat...
by sslifer | Apr 1, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 1, 2026 As shown above the ADP survey shows a respectable correlation with the private sector portion of the payroll employment data to be released a couple of days later. And well it should. ADP, or Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is a provider of...
by sslifer | Mar 31, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
March 31, 2026 The Labor Department reported that job openings fell 358 thousand in February to 6,882 thousand after jumping 690 thousand in January The number of job openings has been fairly steady in recent months.. The pace of economic activity has remained...
by sslifer | Feb 22, 2012 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
February 22, 2012 Weekly earnings for private sector employees in 2011 were $729 which is 23% below their public sector counterparts which came in at $895. Federal government employees topped the list at $1,063 dollars per week which 46% higher than the comparable...
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