In a webinar last week, representatives from the Idaho Department of Labor discussed the state’s continued growth that has helped fill an expanding labor market. Department spokespersons noted that ...

State labor economists gathered Tuesday for a virtual webinar discussing the landscape of Idaho’s rural economies, touching on a range of issues from the character of rural labor to the housing ...

The informational panel was just one part of a multi-part project profiling rural Idaho, the first of its kind from Idaho’s Department of Labor in 20 years. Though rural can often be an amorphous term ...

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased between April and May, from 3.7% to 3.6%. The labor force participation rate — which is the percentage of people 16 or older who are either ...

Southwestern Idaho had the highest average hourly wage for 2024 among the state's labor market regions at $29.40 per hour, ...

Members of the local agriculture sector say migrant workers are critical to Idaho’s economy and immigration reform is needed ...

A state employee has been dismissed from his position with the Idaho Department of Labor’s Human Rights Commission due to social media rhetoric about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Department of Labor ...

Idaho Republican U.S. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo joined a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators to ask for additional ...