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Rhode Island unemployment rate stays the same

Posted on June 19, 2011

Following the most recent report from the BLS, Rhode Island unemployment has remained unchanged. While jobs in Rhode Island continue to be added, other companies are still terminating workers, which accounts for the stagnant unemployment rate. The jobless rate in Rhode Island is 10.9%, higher than the national average.

Rhode Island Unemployment Remains Flat

Posted on March 8, 2010

Rhode Islands unemployment rate remained unchanged in January, holding steady at Decembers revised 12.7 percent, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Friday in its monthly jobs report.The state gained 800 jobs while the number of employed residents jumped by 2,000 in January, but those gains were offset by a larger number of unemployed […]