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Online ads for job vacancies decline in first quarter
Online advertised job vacancies decreased nationwide in March, confirming a downward trend over the first quarter of 2016, according to the monthly Help Wanted Online report released Wednesday by The […]
Monroe County population climbs 0.7 percent in five years
Monroe County’s population grew by 0.7 percent between April 1, 2010 and July 1, 2015, the 15th-highest rate among the 62 New York counties and just above the average population […]
Northeast gasoline prices down 18.3 percent in year
Gasoline prices in the Northeast declined 18.3 percent between February 2015 and February 2016, slightly less than the average decline nationwide, according to the latest Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Data Summary […]
Monroe County wage growth close to national average
The average weekly wage for Monroe County workers grew by 2.5 percent, to $929, from third quarter 2014 to the third quarter of 2015—slightly lower than the U.S. figures of […]
New York’s GDP growth slows in third quarter
Following robust growth of 5 percent in the second quarter of 2015, New York’s real GDP—calculated as the sum of what consumers, businesses, and governments spend on final goods and […]
Pa. tops N.Y. for percentage of fast-food workers
As a percentage of total state population, more Pennsylvanians worked in franchised limited-service restaurants—more commonly known as fast-food restaurants—than did residents of New York or any of our other neighbor […]
U.S. per pupil expenditures show decline
Per pupil expenditures for U.S. public schools declined by 3.8 percent from 2011 to 2013 (in inflation-adjusted dollars), according to a January report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National […]
Job openings rate on the rise in most regions
Three of four U.S. regions had statistically significant increases in the job openings rate—the number of job openings as a percent of total employment plus job openings, for nonfarm industries—over […]
Growth in compensation costs slowed in 2015
The increase in total compensation costs for U.S. private industry workers—including wages, salaries and employer benefit costs—slowed to 1.9 percent between December 2014 and December 2015, after a 2.3 percent […]
New York jobless rate shows significant decline
New York and most of its neighbors had statistically significant declines in unemployment rates between December 2014 and December 2015, according to the latest employment and unemployment summary report released […]
Consumer Price Index rises 0.7 percent in 2015
The Consumer Price Index for urban consumers nationwide increased 0.7 percent over the past twelve months, with increases by region ranging from 0 percent in the Midwest to 1.8 percent […]
Rochester schools’ graduation rate improves
Forty-six percent of Rochester City School District students who entered high school in 2011 graduated in June 2015, up 3 percentage points from last year’s figure, according to the latest […]
