| “The figure commonly used as the 'average' federal employee salary is up to almost $78,500.”
Source: WashingtonPost.com |
10 April 2013
• Despite Pay Freeze, Average Federal Salary Rises
09 April 2013
• Human Resources Manager Accused of Stealing $1 Million from Company
| “Fox is accused of using the man’s name and a Guaranty Bank account she set up to steal $865,000 in payroll checks. ”Authorities say she used the names of six other former employees to take $95,000 more.” Source: Fox6Now.com Note: An accusation does not necessarily indicate guilt |
08 April 2013
• U.S. Online Help-Wanted Advertising – March 2013
| “Online advertised vacancies dropped 158,000 in March to 4,898,700 in The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series released today. The March drop follows a small dip in February (44,400); the two combined offset the January gain. "The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.4 unemployed for every vacancy. In February, there were 7 million more unemployed than the number of advertised vacancies, down from 11.9 million at the end of the recession in June 2009.” Source: The Conference Board |
• Connecticut Unemployment Insurance Special Assessments to Be Mailed in August
| The state’s current loan balance with the U.S. Department of Labor is approximately $670 million, but the
Agency expects to make a voluntary loan payment in June of this year. In
addition, the federal interest rate on trust fund loans for 2013 has been
lowered again, to 2.5765%.
As a result, this year’s Special Assessment is projected to be reduced for the second consecutive year, to approximately $20 million. This equates to approximately $1.10 per thousand dollars of taxable payroll, or about $16.50 per full time employee. For example, an employer with 10 workers can expect to receive an August 2013 assessment of approximately $165. Source: CTDOL |
• U.S. Job Market for Recent College Graduates
| “In October 2011, the unemployment rate for 20- to 29-year-olds who had graduated from college in 2011 was 12.6 percent. The rate was 13.5 percent for those who recently had earned bachelor's degrees and 8.6 percent for those who recently had earned advanced degrees. "Despite modest improvement since the most recent peak in October 2009, the unemployment rates of recent college graduates remained above the rates prior to the 2007–2009 recession.” Source: USDOL-BLS |
05 April 2013
• U.S. International Trade In Goods And Services - February 2013
[Import, Export, Balance, Deficit]
| Total February exports of $186.0 billion and imports of $228.9
billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $43.0 billion, down from $44.5 billion
in January, revised.
February exports were $1.6 billion more than January exports of $184.4 billion. February imports were $0.1 billion more than January imports of $228.9 billion. Source: USDOC-BEA |
• U.S. Employment Situation – March 2013
[Wages, hours, unemployment]
| Both the number of unemployed persons, at 11.7 million, and the unemployment rate, at
7.6 percent, were little changed in March.
Click on chart to enlarge Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (6.9 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), teenagers (24.2 percent), whites (6.7 percent), blacks (13.3 percent), and Hispanics (9.2 percent) showed little or no change in March. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.0 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. Source: USDOL-BLS |
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