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Arizona employment recovering from Covid collapse
Arizona appears to be on the verge of having as many people working as there were before the economy tanked last year due to Covid.
Ducey reinstates job-seeking requirement for unemployed
Arizonans are going to have to start looking for work again later this month if they want to keep their unemployment benefits.
Jobless rate drops, but not because more are working
The state's jobless rate shrank by close to 45% last month. But a good portion of the drop in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from 10.7% in July to 5.9% in August has nothing to do with a bunch of Arizonans suddenly finding work. It's because some gave up.
GOP lawmakers quash Dems effort to boost jobless benefits
Arizona’s jobless rate spiked last month to 12.6%, a figure that may be a record. And it’s certain to go higher as the figures reflect the number of people out... […]
Jobless rate drops, signs abound of continued improvement
Overall, Arizona added 28,100 private sector jobs last month. That was enough to drop the state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for November two-tenths of a point from October, to 4.3 percent.
State jobless rate drops to 10-year low, drives wage increases
Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 4.7 percent last month, the lowest rate in nearly a decade. The decline of three tenths of a point came as private sector employers said they added 10,300 new workers between August and September.
