The labor force participation rate in Oklahoma has been as high as 65.7 in 1986 and as low as 60.6 in 2014. The rate is currently at 61.2 statewide, down from 61.7 in 2015. Past periods of ...

During the pandemic, mothers saw a dramatic increase in workforce participation levels. however, since the beginning of 2025, those levels have seen continuous declines eliminating their pandemic ...

WASHINGTON — The trend was clear and consistent. Since the end of World War II and stretching to the start of the current millennium, the percentage of American women entering the labor force rose ...

While the unemployment figure dropped slightly in March, what caught everyone's attention was the 500,000 who left the workforce, no longer working or looking for work, prompting the Washington Post ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...