Job Growth

There’s good news for Idaho’s job market: over-the-year non-farm job growth remains strong.

The positive difference is Idaho’s five year improvement from leading the nation in low paying jobs to sliding to seventh.

A new report says the majority of Idaho’s growth is in its urban areas, while those 55 years and older make up the largest percent of those living in rural areas.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Gem state has stayed steady at 3% for January. According to the Idaho Department of Labor, it is the fifth consecutive month at that rate. Nonfarm jobs went up by 500 in January to 728,600.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – For the sixth time this year, Idaho was No. 1 in the country for over-the-year job growth, according to the Idaho Department of Labor, with the construction sector growing fastest at 9.2 percent.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) Idaho's unemployment rate edge up in July while coming out on top of the nation in job growth.

CNBC just reported some awesome news. The state with the best job growth at the moment is us. That's right. Idaho is where it's at when it comes to finding work these days.

BOISE, Idaho (News Release) – Idaho began 2016 with continued job growth and low unemployment.