jobless rate

The state jobless rate is down from 6.8 percent a year ago.

The jobless rate is now 4.7 percent for both women and men.

The jobless rate went from almost nothing in 1991 to 13 percent last year.

Even at 6.6 percent, the jobless rate is a full point higher than in 1979.

The country's jobless rate has been above 9 percent for 27 of the last 28 months.

Some 90,000 people found work in Washington state within the last year, though the jobless rate is 8.2 percent.

The jobless rate for the entire work force was 6 percent last month.

In 1992, only 19 areas had jobless rates that low.

A year ago, the state's jobless rate was 3.7 percent.

As of March 2012, the area's jobless rate was 8.6 percent.

When people stop looking for a job, the government does not count them in the jobless rate.

The jobless rate fell to an 8 1/2-year low of 5.7 percent during the month.

The jobless rate for white college graduates is 2.4 percent.

If the jobless rate was 8 percent or higher, an additional 20 weeks could be provided.

In a region with a jobless rate of nearly 20 percent, its image as the workers' party played well.

The jobless rate is expected to climb to 10 percent by year's end.

The only other time since 1976 that the city's jobless rate has been so low was in February 1988, the department reported.

The jobless rate rose to 5.7 percent, the highest level in six years.

The jobless rate was 14.5 percent in 1940, seven years after Roosevelt took office.

When the jobless rate is going up, to hell with the deficit.

The situation is already grim, with Europe's jobless rate at 11 percent.

Since 1994, the jobless rate has hovered around 3 percent.

Yet, until now, the pace has been too slow to bring down the jobless rate.

The June jobless rate, at 7.8 percent, was the highest in eight years.

The jobless rate dropped below 6 percent in July for the first time since 1979.