Texas Labor Market shows steady growth, record high levels for jobs and labor force
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MYHIGHPLAINS— As reported by the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas labor market maintained momentum in March to each a 36th consecutive month of positive annual growth and set new record-high levels for jobs, Texans employed, and the civilian labor force.
Fox Business—April jobs report expected to show a 'cooling' labor market. The April jobs report is expected to show the U.S. labor market cooled last month but that hiring remained solid even in the face of high interest rates and chronic inflation. The Labor Department's April payroll report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, is projected to show that hiring increased by 243,000 last month and that the unemployment rate held steady at 3.9%, according to a median estimate by LSEG economists. That would mark a decrease from the 303,000 gain in March, but it remains above the...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—U.S. job openings hit three-year low, showing cooling labor market. U.S. job openings fell in March to the lowest level in three years while quits and hiring slowed, indicating more softening in the labor market.
KSNT News—Kansas hospital turnover remains at record-high levels. KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas Hospital Association (KHA) released its annual Health Care Workforce Report, the report found employee turnover is still at record-high levels. Over 100 hospitals participated in the survey, the largest number of participants in 10 years. According to the report, vacancy rates were the highest for sonographer/ultrasound technologists, nursing assistants and []