NEW: Unemployment Remains at 10.4%
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The RI Department of Labor and Training announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2012 remained at 10.4 percent, unchanged from the October 2012 rate and seven-tenths of a percentage point from the November 2011 rate.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in November 2012, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month and down one percentage point over the year.
The number of unemployed RI residents—those residents classified as available for and actively seeking employment—was 58,600, down 100 from the October figure of 58,700. Over the year, the number of unemployed dropped by 4,100.
The number of employed RI residents was up 1,500 over the October figures, increasing to 506,200 in November. This represents the fourth consecutive monthly increase in employed Rhode Islanders and the highest employment level since March 2009. Over the year, the number of employed RI residents increased 6,600 from November 2011.
The RI labor force totaled 564,800 in November 2012, up 1,400 from October 2012 and up 2,500 from November 2011. The state’s labor force is at its highest level since February 2011.
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Comments:
David Beagle
5:49pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
The lion's share of this piece pretty much says that, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
anthony sionni
3:39pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Wpri reported people are leaving RI and we lost population for the last 8 years and the GA is focussing on gay marriage ,you cant make this stuff up!
Captain Blacksocks
3:53pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Lots of jobs in RI. Just need to get out there and LOOK.
www.RIJobFinder.com
anthony sionni
4:31pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
yes captain, 2000 jobs and 60 thousand collecting lol not to mention how many people are not counted in that 60k