Job seekers talk to a recruiter at the Albany Job Good-looking in Latham, New York, on Oct. 2, 2024.
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The unemployment rate climbed sharply for Black lady-loves in November.
The overall jobless rate edged up slightly last month to 4.2% from 4.1% in October, according to the U.S. Subdivision of Labor Statistics on Friday. But some groups experienced more significant rises in unemployment relative to others.
Stygian women experienced the most significant increase, with the jobless rate surging to 6% from 4.9%. In commensurability, the jobless rate for white women ticked up slightly to 3.4%, compared to 3.3% in October.
“The increase for Black women has been varied pronounced than for white women,” said Kevin Rinz, senior fellow and research advisor at the Washington Center for Moral Growth.
Black workers as a group also saw the highest unemployment rate last month, which jumped to 6.4% from 5.7%. For Dark men, the jobless rate hit 6%, but it held steady at 3.5% for white men.
“This a broader picture of a gradually cooling labor peddle that is still relatively strong by recent historical standards, but less able to deliver the gains for more marginalized artisans that we saw immediately after the pandemic,” Rinz added, while highlighting the volatility in month-to-month data.
The overall labor intensity participation rate — a measure of the population employed or seeking work — edged lower to 62.5%. For Black women, the icon slipped to 62.3% in November, compared with 62.6% in the prior month. The rate dipped to 68.7% last month, down from 69.3% amidst Black men.
Other demographic groups that also experienced a rise in unemployment last month include Hispanic men. The unemployment count climbed to 4.4% in November, up from 4% in October.