Job Market

Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You

By Beth Braverman

If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get

By Beth Braverman

A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company

By Beth Braverman

As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out

By Beth Braverman

After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.

The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
Trump Inherits a Solid Job Market. Can He Really Make It Better?

By Rob Garver

For Trump, who declared that he would be “the greatest jobs president God ever created” during his campaign and has specifically and repeatedly said that employment growth will be his singular focus...
Here’s How Long It Takes for Your College Degree to Pay Off

By Beth Braverman

While there has been much hand-wringing among policymakers about the rising cost of college and growing levels of student debt, most analysts agree that those who earn a college degree are better off...
Why 2017 Should Be a Very Good Year for Finding a New Job

By Janna Herron

The U.S. economy last year added more than 2 million jobs, and 2017 should be an even better year for job seekers. Wages are poised to move higher, too. Employers expanded their payrolls by 156,000...

The Smartest (and Dumbest) Money Moves for Your Year-End Bonus

By Mark Henricks, MainStreet

If 2015 is like last year, 78% of workers can hope for some kind of year-end bonus from their employers. Few will get anything like the average $172,860 Wall Street bankers can expect in their...
5 Charts That Explain the Gender Pay Gap

By Beth Braverman

That women earn 78 cents for every dollar made by a man is a much-cited statistic, but the gender pay gap is far more complicated than the number suggests. In a new report , salary consultant...
Hey, New Grads, Get Ready to Work Until You’re 75

By Beth Braverman

The golden years are going to come a lot later for America’s youngest adults. Today’s college graduates are going to have to work until age 75 in order to have enough money for a comfortable...
Why Your Bonus Will Probably Be Smaller This Year

By Beth Braverman

The news is not good for workers who were expecting their full bonus this year. For the fifth year in a row, U.S. employers don’t expect to fully fund employee bonuses, according to a new report from...
For Most Americans, Wages Aren’t Just Stagnating — They’re Falling

By David Dayen

It’s a testament to the depth and power of the Great Recession that analysts can still come up with reports documenting its effects. The National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a study...

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