The unemployment rate in December remained steady at 4.1 percent while the number of employed Americans grew by 104,000, according to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
More Americans entered the labor force in August while the participation rate remained steady, according to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Americans on average spent more of their 2016 income on taxes than they did on food and clothing combined.
The number of employed Americans hit a record high of 153,168,000 in June, according to latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of Americans either working or looking for work in the past month hit a record high of 160,201,000, according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of Americans not participating in the labor force declined to 94,366,000 in January, according to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the number of employed Americans increased by 9.9 million, but there were 14.6 million more who left the labor force, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of Americans not participating in the labor force hit a record 95,102,000 in December 2016, according to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of Americans not participating in the labor force hit a new record in November, exceeding 95 million for the first time, according to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployed individuals in America are more likely to go shopping, watch TV, or play sports on an average day than look for a new job, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
