Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: June 2017 Report Edition
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The prime-age employment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to 78.5 percent in June. Employment is still recovering and looks to have room to run.
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The African-American unemployment rate continues to be significantly elevated, but saw another 0.4 percentage point drop in June as the white unemployment rate rose by 0.1 points.
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Unemployment spells of 15 weeks or longer dropped significantly in June, with almost all of the decline in unemployment of 15 to 26 weeks long (13.8% from 16.7%).
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Nominal wage growth, measured by average hourly earnings for production workers, is still muted. It grew 2.3 percent year-over-year in June.
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Retail employment saw gains in June, growing by 8,000. Health care continues to lead the pack, adding 37,000 jobs.
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