The participation rate and unemployment rate are both used to gauge the health of the job market but in completely different ways.

While a falling unemployment rate sounds like a good thing, it can actually be indicative of people leaving the labor force because they can't find a job.

The data from July represents yet another month that Black Americans were left behind during the economic recovery.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...

The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

Ohio’s unemployment rate fell in September, but the economic indicator doesn’t paint the complete picture of what is seen as a lackluster job market here, economists told this newspaper.

Massachusetts' unemployment rate drops to 4.7%, though the state experiences a 11,100 payroll jobs decline and a decrease in labor force participation.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota's unemployment rate and labor participation force held steady in October. According to the Department of Employment and Economic Development, unemployment remained at 3.4% ...

The unemployment rate of the State of Indiana in September was recorded to be 3.7% according to the Indiana Department of ...

Following the end of the federal shutdown, the monthly data releases for Vermont’s labor market can resume," noted Vermont ...

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Department of Labor reported the seasonally adjusted ...