Employers across the U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June, with the labor market remaining resilient despite slowing economic growth this year. The numbers Job growth was stronger than expected in June. Payroll gains sailed past the 115,000 predicted by economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% from 4.2% in … Read more
Layoffs across the U.S. this year have climbed to their highest level since the pandemic slammed the economy in 2020, new labor data shows. In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response … Read more
Finding a job can be a tall order in today’s economy, given the recent slowdown in hiring. For those searching, a new study on the best job markets in the United States may come in handy. With an eye toward job-hunters’ needs, SmartAsset ranked 348 U.S. cities based on six factors from the most recent Census Bureau … Read more