Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March remained steady at 2.9 percent, the 16th consecutive month at or below 3 percent.
An additional 1,737 people entered the labor force from February to March, a slight 0.2 percent increase that pushed Idaho’s seasonally adjusted labor force number up to 868,263. The number of unemployed increased by 141, or 0.6 percent, to 24,918. Total employment increased by 1,596, up 0.2 percent to 843,345.
Idaho’s labor force participation rate – the percentage of people age 16 years or older working or looking for work – increased one tenth of a percent to 63.9 percent.
Over the year, the March statewide labor force was up 2 percent to 16,797, total employment was also up 2 percent to 16,931 and there were 134 fewer unemployed persons.
Nez Perce County’s unemployment rate for March was 3 percent; Idaho County reported 4.4 percent; Clearwater County 6.3 percent; Lewis County 5 percent and Latah County reported a March unemployment rate of 2.9 percent. (Idaho Department of Labor)
