BLS Issues Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Oklahoma for 2019
February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release:
In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.1 percent in Oklahoma, significantly lower than the 7.2-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisti . . .
In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.1 percent in Oklahoma, significantly lower than the 7.2-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisti . . .