{"id":2806,"date":"2014-01-13T01:33:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T01:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/njfac.org\/wpb\/?page_id=906"},"modified":"2016-12-11T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T02:44:13","slug":"jobnews6-13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/jobnews6-13\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

JUNE 2013 UNEMPLOYMENT DATA*<\/b>
\n(U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS)<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 7.6%<\/b>
\n<\/b>A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was12.7
\nmillion, and the jobless rate was 8.2 percent.\u00a0[<\/b>BLS]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
White<\/b><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06.6%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

African American<\/b><\/td>\n\n

13.7%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hispanic<\/b><\/td>\n\n

9.1%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Asian**<\/b><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.0%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Persons with a disability**<\/b><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a014.2%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Men 20 years and over<\/b><\/td>\n\n

7.0%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Women 20 years and over<\/b><\/td>\n\n

6.8%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Teens (16-19 years)<\/b><\/td>\n\n

24.0%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Black teens<\/b><\/td>\n\n

43.6%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Officially unemployed<\/b><\/td>\n\n

11.8 million<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

HIDDEN UNEMPLOYMENT<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Working part-time because can’t find a full-time job:<\/td>\n\u00a08.2 million<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People who want jobs but\u00a0are not looking so\u00a0are not counted in official statistics (of which about 2.6 million** searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available for work during the reference week.)<\/td>\n\u00a06.6 million<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Total:<\/b>\u00a026.6 million (16.4% of the labor force)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf<\/a>\u00a0See also\u00a0Current Employment Statistics–Highlights
\n<\/a>
\n**Not seasonally adjusted.
\n*See\u00a0Uncommon Sense #4<\/a><\/i>\u00a0<\/a>for an explanation of the unemployment measures.<\/p>\n

In addition, millions more were working full-time, year-round, yet earned less than the official poverty level for a family of four. In 2011, the latest year available, that number was 17.9 million, 17.6 percent of full-time, full-year workers (estimated from\u00a0Current Population Survey, Bur. of the\u00a0 Census, 9\/2012).<\/a><\/p>\n

In April 2013, the latest month available, the number of job openings was 3.8\u00a0million<\/b>,\u00a0“little changed from March. In April, the number of job openings was little changed in all industries and regions.”Job Openings and Labor Turnover Estimates<\/a>, June 11, 2013.+<\/p>\n

Thus there are now 7 job-wanters for each available job.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Private Payroll Employment Has Grown For 39 Months\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>cbpp 6\/13\"\"<\/p>\n

Long-Term Unemployment Remains High<\/a><\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Employment-population ratio\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>1\/1948 to 6\/2013<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

GDP Fell Far Below What the Economy Was Capable of Producing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

+<\/b>“The number of job openings in April (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the year for total nonfarm and government and was little changed for total private. Job openings increased over the year for several industries and state and local government. Job openings decreased over the year for information; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and federal government. Job openings were up over the year for the West and little changed in the other regions.”<\/p>\n

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JUNE 2013 UNEMPLOYMENT DATA* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 7.6% A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was12.7 million, and the jobless rate was 8.2 percent.\u00a0[BLS] White \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06.6% African American 13.7% Hispanic 9.1% Asian** \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.0% Persons with a disability** \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a014.2% Men 20 years and over 7.0% Women 20 years and… Read More June 2013<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}