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Hiring sign is displayed in front of a restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Filings for jobless aid rise modestly to 212,000 as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

A recruiter holds information about employment during a hiring fair at Fair Park in Dallas, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

U.S. applications for jobless aid fall to 206,000 last week as layoffs remain low

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

U.S. applications for jobless benefits fall to 227,000 last week, remaining at recent healthy levels

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

U.S. applications for jobless benefits jump by 22,000 to 231,000 last week, the most in 2 months

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

A hiring sign is displayed at an office in Schaumburg, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

U.S. applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, tick down to 209,000 last week.

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

U.S. applications for jobless benefits inch up last week to a still-low 200,000

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

AP Illustration / Annie Ng

Under Trump, the American worker is winning

By Lori Chavez-DeRemer

A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Niles, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Just 198,000 Americans filed jobless claims last week, fewer than expected as layoffs remain low

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Labor Department awards $13.8 billion for next generation of shipbuilders

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Pedestrians walk past a help wanted sign posted on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

"Help Wanted" sign is displayed at a dry cleaner in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

Applicants line up at a job fair at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J., on April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

U.S. unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy level

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The U.S. gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6%

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Applicants line up at a job fair at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J., on April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

U.S. jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000, but continuing claims are lowest since April

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, a Bossa Nova robot scans shelves to help provide associates with real-time inventory data at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of today’s work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. The report published Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with “high exposure” to automation, meaning about 70 percent of their work tasks could soon be performed by machines using current technology. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

New legislation in Senate would mandate reports of AI-related job cuts

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A hiring sign is displayed at a post office in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

States forgave billions in fraudulent pandemic benefits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Washers stand on display near the entrance to a Costco warehouse Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

U.S. supply chain prices unexpectedly fell 0.1% in August

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

A construction worker carries steel decking at the site of a housing project, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New data shows the U.S. job market was much weaker than thought in 2024, and this year as well

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - Commuters walk past the New York Stock Exchange, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Hiring stalls with U.S. companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press