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US hiring rates remain stuck at 3.3%—hovering near their lowest readings since the start of the pandemic—but vary dramatically from state to state DOGE-hit DC has the lowest hiring rate at 2.2%, while Montana & Alaska have some of the highest hiring rates at nearly 5% https://t.co/kJ3ljMMbAl
American manufacturing employment has been basically flat at 12.7M since the pandemic, but that hides a major outmigration of jobs from the northeast, midwest, & pacific coast towards the subelt & mountain west Michigan has lost 26k manufacturing jobs while Texas has gained 65k https://t.co/xm0C9ufX0z
California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S., as tech falters: ‘It’s brutal out there’ | Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle California’s unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in July, the highest among U.S. states, as tech and other office jobs showed more weakness and https://t.co/bJhEJoaC1m
In July 2025, California recorded the highest unemployment rate among U.S. states at 5.5%, marking the second consecutive month leading the nation in unemployment. The rise in California’s unemployment is attributed to weaknesses in the technology sector and other office jobs. Meanwhile, Texas experienced robust job growth, setting a new record with 15.2 million jobs, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission. Texas continues to outpace national job growth rates and has seen a substantial increase in manufacturing employment, gaining 65,000 manufacturing jobs since the pandemic. This contrasts with declines in manufacturing employment in other regions such as Michigan, which lost 26,000 jobs. Nationally, hiring rates remain low at 3.3%, near pandemic-era lows, but vary significantly by state, with the District of Columbia reporting the lowest hiring rate at 2.2% and states like Montana and Alaska approaching 5%.
