Unemployment Rates
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Numbers show promise for area job seekers
In Fairfax County, companies have announced they've recently created or will create hundreds of new jobs.
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Report finds labor struggles in Virginia despite favorable unemployment rate
Virginia's unemployment rate remained at 6.8 percent in October.
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Arlington has lowest unemployment rate in the area
Arlington has the lowest unemployment rate in the D.C. area.
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Thanks, Feds: DC area has lowest unemployment in the country
Area has the lowest unemployment rate of any metro area in the country, according to a report released earlier today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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In the scientific and technical services industry, the jobs are aplenty, but the recruits are hard to find
Despite higher-than-usual unemployment rates in the Washington region, defense and government contractors trying to fill highly technical scientific and analytic jobs still face an uphill battle.
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Experts see a bumpy road to recovery for region's economy
Sara Kline, associate economist, Moody's Analytics.
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Unemployment goes up in Md., down in D.C., Va.
The latest unemployment numbers are in and despite government hiring, unemployment is worse in worse in part of the region.
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Putting Washington teens back to work
The fact that one in four teens in the labor force nationwide is unemployed is disturbing.
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Washington job growth third-best in nation
Washington is one of 35 metropolitan areas deemed to have a rebounding economy by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Imperfect Arlington: What unemployment rate?
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Looks like the county hasn't managed to completely eradicate unemployment yet.
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Fairfax unemployment rate falls below 5 percent
Fairfax County’s unemployment rate ticked below 5 percent in August, part of a general, if not totally uniform, decline in joblessness across the region.
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D.C.-area unemployment lowest in the nation
Two metropolitan regions in the Washington area posted the lowest unemployment rates among large metros in the nation in August.
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How the census worked as stimulus
Washington D.C. engages in a direct-employment program every ten years.
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D.C. August unemployment figure drops, but not into double digits
The unemployment rate in the District dropped back to 9.9 percent in August, mostly due to the end of the Summer Youth Employment Program.
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Republican Governors Association attacks O'Malley, doesn't have all their facts straight
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The Republican Governors Association's new ad, titled "Backwards", is airing in the Washington market and amounts to a full frontal attack on Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley. The ad argues the governor’s policies have caused an economic catastrophe in the Old Line State.
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Fairfax County businesses shine on top 500 list
The D.C. area continues to do better with employment than most of the country and one local county is promoting that heavily.
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U.S. unemployment nears that of D.C.
The nation’s unemployment rate rose in August, bringing it closer in line with the jobless rate in the nation’s capital.
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Fairfax jobless picture brightens slightly
Fairfax County’s unemployment rate slid downward a tick from June to July.
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