Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6%; Trucking Jobs Hold Steady
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.6% in August from July’s 9.5%, with trucking jobs taking a slight upturn, the Labor Department said Friday.
September 3, 2010Trucking Adds 5,900 Jobs in July
Trucking added 5,900 jobs in July as payrolls in the private business sector increased by 71,000, despite an overall loss of 131,000 jobs, largely because temporary census jobs ended, the Department of Labor reported Aug. 6.
August 16, 2010Unemployment Rate Holds at 9.5%; Trucking Jobs Increase
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 9.5% in July as total payrolls fell, and the trucking industry’s payrolls jumped by almost 6,000, the Labor Department said Friday.
August 6, 2010Trucking Adds 1,000 Jobs in June
For-hire trucking companies hired 1,000 workers in June, the third consecutive month the number of industry jobs increased, the Labor Department said July 2.
July 12, 2010Unemployment Rate, Payrolls Fall in June
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 9.5% in June, though payrolls fell for the first time this year, the Labor Department said Friday.
July 2, 2010Unemployment Falls to 9.7%
The U.S. economy added 431,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 9.7% in May from 9.9% in April, the Labor Department said Friday.
June 4, 2010Payrolls, Unemployment Rate Increase in April
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.9% in April from 9.7% a month earlier, even as payrolls increased by the most in four years, the Labor Department said Friday.
May 7, 2010