Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds

Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds

Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds Employers laid off tech workers in March as they added jobs for new hires DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The imbalance that has been evident in the technology job market for several months continued in March, according to … Read more

How AI and ‘experience creep’ are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs | Good luck

How AI and 'experience creep' are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs | Good luck

Laura Ullrich sympathizes with college students looking for work. The director of economic research for the workplace is certainly aware of the problem. His son, a data scientist, is getting his master’s degree this year. He says: “Because of the work I do, the parents of many of his friends and his friends ask me … Read more

Manufacturing employment rebounded in March, adding 15K jobs

Manufacturing employment rebounded in March, adding 15K jobs

Listen to the title 3 minutes This sound is self-generated. Please let us know if you have any comments. The manufacturing industry has has recovered from staff losses earlier this year, added 15,000 jobs in March, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. That’s a 400% year-over-year increase, which saw the loss of … Read more

Employers added 178,000 jobs in March, topping previous estimates as the labor market picked up.

Bar chart showing the monthly change in the US unemployment rate from 2022 to 2025.

Hiring across the US increased in March after falling sharply the previous month, as employers added 178,000 jobs, according to new data from the Labor Department. In numbers The March jobs report beat consensus estimates of last month’s gains by 60,000, according to FactSet. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in March, from 4.4% the … Read more

US job growth accelerates to fastest pace in 15 months in March

Column chart titled 'Monthly change in US jobs'

Jobless claims increase 178,000 in March Unemployment rate drops to 4.3% from 4.4% amid drop in participation rate The average work week shortens to 34.2 hours from 34.3 hours WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. job growth picked up sharply in March as a health care workers’ strike ended and temperatures rose, but labor market … Read more

Moderate employment benefits for people with disabilities in March

Monthly Comparison of Labor Market Indicators for Persons with and without Disabilities

image: From February 2026 to March 2026, the number of people employed increased from 38.1 to 38.5% for people with disabilities and increased from 74.5 to 74.8 percent for people without disabilities. The labor force participation rate increased from 41.8 to 41.9 percent for people with disabilities and decreased from 78.1 to 78.0 percent for … Read more

Hiltzik: Why is the stock market less concerned about the Iran war? Here is the reason

President Donald Trump leaves the Blue Room to address the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Trump takes the stage at the White House to talk about the war with Iran, giving a speech that sent stock markets crashing. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) Since the end of February, the three major indices of the stock market – Standard & Poor’s 500, Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite – have fallen … Read more

Commentary: Why is the stock market less nervous than the Iran war? Here is the reason

Commentary: Why is the stock market less nervous than the Iran war? Here is the reason

Since the end of February, the three major indices of the stock market – Standard & Poor’s 500, Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite – have fallen by a few percent. One may ask: Is that all? Does the market not know that there is a war? Yes, the stock market knows. It doesn’t … Read more

Job Losses and Wall Street Woes Cloud NYC’s Economic Outlook

Home health aides are rallying ahead of a sit-in outside City Hall to demand the passage of a bill ending 24-hour shifts.

New York City is losing jobs, making life difficult for Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he seeks to close a massive budget deficit while emphasizing economic justice over growth. The city lost 20,000 jobs by 2025 to end the year with 4.823 million employees, according to updated employment figures released Thursday by the state labor department. … Read more

US job growth is likely to pick up in March, as war casts a shadow over the labor market

US job growth is likely to pick up in March, as war casts a shadow over the labor market

Nonfarm payrolls are forecast to increase 60,000 in March Economists say it will take time for the oil price hike to affect the labor market The unemployment rate is expected to remain steady at 4.4% WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. job growth may have picked up in March as a health workers’ strike ended … Read more