An analysis of changes in labor and sales for restaurants from 2019-2023 shows how the longer term effects of COVID led to higher sales for the industry.

The rapid labor market recovery from the pandemic, much faster than after the 2008 financial crisis, can be chalked up partly to aggressive government relief policies, said University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson, who served as chief economist at the Labor Department in the early 2010s.

But Pittsburgh's employment is down 2.1%, second worst in the U.S. and last in the Cleveland Fed's territory, also known as the Fourth District.

To better understand how access to a remote schedule varies by a worker's ability, job type, and demographics, accessiBe analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

For many workers, remote work wasn't a blip of the pandemic but a work structure that lingered long after, especially for white-collar workers. Nationwide, the number of people working remotely jumped from just 5% in 2018 to 13.

The national nursing shortage has been a consistent problem over the last decade– and it only skyrocketed after the COVID-19 Pandemic. While data shows that the shortage

California’s unemployment rate increased once again in December, keeping it among the highest in the country, according to the U..S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment in the state rose to 5.5%, which means more than one million Californians were out of work, the agency said in a report Tuesday.

Data from TSCL’s 2024 Senior Survey shows 62% of older Americans worry their retirement income won’t even cover essentials such as groceries and medical bills. Will 2026's COLA increase help?

The new data were published Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in its report for gross domestic product for the fourth quarter.

Preliminary unemployment numbers for the entire state of Kentucky increased in December of 2024 compared to just one year prior.

ScholarshipInstitute.org analyzed Code.org's 2024 State of Computer Science in Education report to understand the gender gap in this area even as coding becomes normalized.

Across the country, states aren't doing very well with their budgets. In fact, 27 U.S. states didn't have the money to pay their bills as of the end of fiscal year 2023, according to nonpartisan think tank Truth in Accounting.