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The Labor Department offered an update Friday morning on the U.S. jobs market. After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July. Transcript A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its report on the U.S. job market, and it looks weaker than forecasters had expected. Employers cut 23,000 jobs in July and job gains for May and June were revised sharply lower. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now. Scott, what's happening to the job market?SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Well, it wilted in the summer heat, A. Restaurants...

The divergence has become particularly visible since 2024 and widened further through 2025 and 2026. The chart indexes 2021 average pay at 100; by 2026, the index had reached about 146 for highly AI-exposed jobs, compared with 141 for moderately exposed roles and 125 for the least exposed.The Kobeissi Letter said the trend suggests employers are increasingly competing for workers with AI-related skills, adding that AI is reshaping the US compensation landscape. AI exposure is translating into a pay premium The underlying Indeed Hiring Lab analysis, published on September 17, found that the occupations most exposed to generative AI include software development, IT systems and support, data and analytics, marketing, and banking and finance. Less-exposed occupations include nursing, personal care, food preparation, cleaning and manufacturing.The finding challenges one of the most common assumptions about AI: that greater exposure automatically means lower wages.Indeed found that, after accounting for changes in the mix of occupations, AI-exposed jobs carried a 5.7% post-ChatGPT advertised-pay premium. When...

How State Income Tax Rates Compare in 2026 Key Takeaways Eight U.S. states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. California has the highest top marginal income tax rate in the country (13.3%), followed by Hawaii (11%). Fifteen states, including Illinois (4.95%) and North Carolina (3.99%), levy flat individual income taxes. Where you live can make a major difference in the state income tax rate applied to your earnings, with systems ranging from no individual income tax to top marginal rates above 10%. This map compares U.S. states based on their top marginal individual income tax rate in 2026 using Tax Foundation data. Both local and federal income tax rates are excluded. Which States Have No Individual Income Tax? Eight states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. New Hampshire is a relatively recent addition to the list, having repealed its tax on interest and dividends in 2025. The table below lists...

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations. The news could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates later this month to curb stubborn inflation. Transcript SCOTT DETROW, HOST: The U.S. job market rebounded last month after a disappointing July. A report out today shows employers added 162,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate held steady at a low 4.1%. So the job market looks stable at a time when we know inflation remains high, and that could impact the Federal Reserve's calculation as it makes a decision on interest rates later this...

Gold bars lie in a safe on a table at the precious metal dealer Pro Aurum. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGold surged on Friday, hitting ​its highest in seven weeks, ​after an unexpected ​drop in U.S. non-farm payrolls in July dashed rate-hike sentiment and set bullion on course for its best week in seven months.Spot gold jumped 2.3% to $4,336.11 an ounce, having surged more than 3% ⁠to its highest since June 17. Bullion is set to post its largest weekly rise since January 19, with prices gaining over 7% so far this week. U.S. gold futures climbed 2.3% to $4,396.9Nonfarm ‌payrolls fell by 23,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 20,000 increase in June, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics ​said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising 80,000 last month."The weaker-than-expected jobs data presents a scenario where the Fed is going to be less likely to raise interest rates at its next meeting," ⁠said David Meger, director of metals trading at High Ridge Futures.Energy prices coming...

When the latest official jobs report is released on Friday, economists are expecting it to show that hiring picked up in July and that the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%. Economists’ estimated monthly employment gains of 97,500 jobs would mark an increase from June’s lower-than-expected 57,000 jobs added. The bulk of last month’s employment growth is likely to come from one sector: healthcare and social assistance. Friday’s report will likely underscore that the job market remains stable but in a low-flow state, with non-healthcare hiring a little sluggish and the unemployment rate largely unchanged. “Low-hire, low-fire” — the well-worn moniker for the...

Women accounted for 98% of the 162,000 jobs the US added in August, an unprecedented figure that could point to broader labor market shifts. The figure reflects growth in health and caregiving, but also in local government and education, which "roared back to life," CNBC noted. Because women tend to earn less than men and are likelier to hold multiple jobs, the figure suggests hiring is clustered in low-paying, contingent roles, meaning it's not "necessarily a positive story for women overall," Indeed Hiring Lab said. It also belies a trend of American mothers exiting the workforce. A Trump administration plan would pay at-home parents, The New York Times reported, but critics said it could divert money from other working parents. ...

E2’s 2026 Clean Jobs Americareport arrives more than one year since passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that cut incentives for clean energy manufacturing, generation and job creation. This eleventh annual report from E2, a national, nonpartisan group, analyzes the clean energy economy nearly four years since it was boosted by the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy investments and six years after many industries were leveled by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the past two years, Congress and the current administration have incrementally withdrawn federal support for clean energy; a move reflected in the reported job losses. The 36,949 jobs lost in 2025 reflect the first annual job loss in the U.S. clean economy since the economic crisis that followed the Covid-19 pandemic, ending four consecutive years of strong growth. Furthermore, it erases almost 40% of all new jobs created in 2024, the report says. The report finds that jobs were lost across all the largest sectors of the clean energy...

For only the third time in American history, women hold more payroll jobs than men—and that trend isn’t likely to reverse anytime soon. Yet even as women pull ahead on job counts, men continue to out-earn them at nearly every stage of their careers, starting the day they leave campus. A new study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that women who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the class of 2023 earned an average starting salary of $59,778, while men with the same degree earned $72,190. That works out to women taking home roughly 83 cents for every dollar their male classmates made—before their careers have even begun. Women last held a payroll majority only twice before—briefly during the Great Recession around 2010, and again just before the pandemic in early 2020. Both times a downturn had wiped out male-dominated jobs in construction and manufacturing. What makes this crossover different is that it arrived without a recession. Women...

Key takeawaysSome of the high-demand jobs over the next 10 years include data scientists, information security analysts, financial managers, IT managers, and software developers.The benefits of pursuing jobs in high demand include greater job stability, higher salaries, faster career advancement, and professional development opportunities.Medical jobs in high demand include medical assistants, health services managers, and nurse practitioners.High-paying jobs in demand include financial managers, IT managers, and software developers. Learn more about the various jobs projected to exceed average growth rates over the next 10 years.If you’re ready to start preparing for a high-demand role, consider enrolling in the Interviewing and Resume Writing in English Specialization. You’ll have the opportunity to learn how to prepare for a successful job search, strengthen your interviewing skills by recognizing what hiring managers are looking for, and prepare a resume, cover letter, and supporting business documents in as little as three months. Upon completion, you’ll not only have had the chance to practice your interviewing...