Job Market

Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You

By Beth Braverman

If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get

By Beth Braverman

A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company

By Beth Braverman

As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out

By Beth Braverman

After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.

The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
Trump Inherits a Solid Job Market. Can He Really Make It Better?

By Rob Garver

For Trump, who declared that he would be “the greatest jobs president God ever created” during his campaign and has specifically and repeatedly said that employment growth will be his singular focus...
Here’s How Long It Takes for Your College Degree to Pay Off

By Beth Braverman

While there has been much hand-wringing among policymakers about the rising cost of college and growing levels of student debt, most analysts agree that those who earn a college degree are better off...
Why 2017 Should Be a Very Good Year for Finding a New Job

By Janna Herron

The U.S. economy last year added more than 2 million jobs, and 2017 should be an even better year for job seekers. Wages are poised to move higher, too. Employers expanded their payrolls by 156,000...

Airbus in America: Foothold (and Jobs) in Alabama

By Kelli Dugan and Karen Jacobs and Tim Hepher, Reuters

Airbus is about to get a Green Card. Plans to build a $600 million plant in Mobile, Alabama, to produce A320 passenger planes will give Europe's jet maker a strategic foothold on U.S. soil while...
Another CA City Goes Bankrupt; More to Come?

By HILARY RUSS, Reuters

Stockton, California, the largest city in the U.S. to ever file for bankruptcy, could create a new template for struggling cities and potentially lift the stigma that scars municipalities if they...
Voters Under 30: Who Will They Go For?

By Reuters

In 2008, voters under 30 formed about 17 percent of the electorate. They cast twice as many ballots for Obama as for John McCain. By contrast, only half of voters over 30 backed the Democratic...
4th of July Extended: More Fun, Flags and Fireworks

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

Let’s hear it for the Red, White and Blue. As the economy continues its sluggish recovery, many millions of Americans are expected to get away this Fourth of July no matter what – with many already...
High Court Can’t Stop Some Key Health Care Reforms

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Changes underway in the ways that Medicaid and insurers pay for care and how physicians and hospitals deliver care will not be derailed by a Supreme Court decision striking down all or part of the...

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