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The average unemployment insurance tax rate paid by Virginia employers will be 0.96 percent in 2018, down from the 2017 average of 1.12 percent. This tax is the experience-related tax paid by employers to fund unemployment insurance benefits paid to eligible workers.
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Virginia’s nonfarm payroll employment is 33,700 jobs higher when compared to November of 2016. Over-the-year employment growth in Virginia has been positive for 44 consecutive months.
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The trucking industry in Georgia is well-equipped to handle additional employees and positively contribute to the decline of Georgia’s unemployment rate.
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Virginia’s unemployment rate is at a nearly nine-year low of 3.7 percent. The Commonwealth’s unemployment rate is the second lowest among major states.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage point in September to 3.7 percent and was down 0.4 percentage point from a year ago.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage point in September to 3.7 percent after holding steady at 3.8 percent the previous two months.
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The Virginia Employment Commission is holding a Women’s Employment Workshop on Thursday Oct. 18.
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Vector Industries has a message for state and federal bureaucrats: we’re not a sheltered workshop.
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Virginia’s unemployment rate was down in June to 3.7 percent after holding steady at 3.8 percent the previous three months.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in May at 3.8 percent for the third consecutive month.
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