The Tri-Cities economy continued its slow recovery of jobs lost during the COVID-19 crash. September’s seasonally adjusted total from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) payroll survey shows a loss of 700 jobs from August. The nonadjusted total shows a… Read More ›
Nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 2,800 in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3% as the Tri-Cities’ labor market began moving out of the summer seasonal slump. The market has clawed back 3,900 of the 19,000 jobs lost in… Read More ›
The Tri-Cities unemployment rate dropped to 8.7% in July. But unlike the national labor market that created 1.8 million jobs, there were no local nonfarm job gains. Employers slashed 1,500 jobs from the June total. Employment dropped by almost 1,500… Read More ›
By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities economy added 4,300 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.1%. On the surface, that sounds like good news. But it’s only a small part of the story. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’… Read More ›