The state's topline jobs report paints a worrisome picture about the labor market: businesses have shed 20,000 jobs so far this year and more workers report being unemployed. This post brings in new data, including a rise in layoffs and the number of long-term unemployed workers, moderating recent wage growth, and a hiring slowdown in one key growth sector (government jobs), that show broader signs of softness and raise the possibility that the labor market has weakened further in the past few months.
This post discusses wage growth for 21 broad occupation groups from 2016 to 2017.
This post discusses wage growth for 22 broad occupation groups from 2013 to 2017.