• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    How is underemployment fairing? It’s interesting what areas the leading job increases are in, wonder how many are part time? Then there’s the average 4.0% wage increase, which good news is above the current inflation rate this time around by a few points.

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      Luckily the actual report has all that info

      Underemployment stats look a bit better. The number of part-timer workers for economic reasons is slightly down. Was 4.7 million in August vs 4.5 million in September. By economic reasons the BLS defines that as

      economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.


      Here’s the stats by industry

      Here’s the overview they gave of that

      In September, employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, government, social assistance, and construction

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      Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; financial activities; professional and business services; and other services.