BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials say Idaho's unemployment rate grew to 4.2 percent in August, a slight increase from 4.1 percent the previous month.
Boise, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) - Above average employer payrolls and a declining labor force drove Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate below 4 percent last month for the first time since early 2008.
What is the unemployment rate in Idaho? Associate Press reports:
BOISE (AP/KTVB) -- Idaho's unemployment rate dropped another tenth of a percentage point in February to 5.3 percent, the lowest rate in 5 1/2 years.
That decline came as the participation rate - which is the percentage of the population 16 and older working or actively looking for work - fell a tenth of a percentage point to 63...
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