|
|
Idaho Employment
|
September 2022
|
|
|
|
A monthly update of how Idaho's economy is doing in your area
|
|
Top employer concerns revealed in new Idaho business climate survey
The supply, cost of workers and high labor turnover are among top concerns of Idaho businesses who participated in an Idaho Department of Labor survey this spring.
Idaho's inaugural business climate survey was designed to uncover significant business concerns, desired labor force skills, leadership demographics, remote work trends and future growth expectations among Idaho employers.
The survey asked a series of core questions to gauge views on the current and near-term future of the Idaho’s labor market and economy.
The full report is available online (click green button below). In a recent webinar, Idaho Labor economists provided context and discussed survey findings. This can be found on Labor's YouTube channel.
|
|
Idaho's declining birth rate, shifting population affect school enrollments
Idaho’s population growth has been growing fast – so quickly that the state had the No. 1 growth rate in the nation at 21.5 % from 2012-2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Close to 90% of the state’s population growth stems from rapid net domestic migration into Idaho and not from Idaho residents suddenly deciding to have lots of babies. Idaho’s birth rate of 11.8 births per 1,000 population in 2021 (12th highest in the nation) was a 29% decline compared with 16.6 in 2007, fourth highest in the nation at the time. The rate remains higher than most of Idaho’s bordering neighbors, such as Oregon at 9.6 (fourth lowest), Montana at 10.2 and Washington at 10.8. Nationwide, birth rates per 1,000 population have decreased 23%, from 14.3 in 2007 to 11.0 in 2021.
Idaho's July unemployment rate increases to 2.8%
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate experienced a slight increase in July, rising from June’s rate of 2.7% to 2.8%.
July’s labor force – workers who are employed or unemployed but looking for work – increased by 1,058 people to 965,314.
Idaho’s labor force participation rate – the percentage of the non-institutionalized civilian population at least 16 years of age and older in the labor force – decreased to 62.4% in July from 62.5% in June.
|
Required workplace posters free on Labor's website
Posters Idaho employers are required to display in the workplace are free to download from the Idaho Department of Labor website. The posters include:
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Law
- Federal Minimum Wage Law
- Idaho Minimum Wage Law
- Idaho Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Equal Opportunity poster
- Job Health and Safety Law (OSHA)
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Idaho Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- Idaho Anti-Discrimination
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
Find these posters in English and Spanish on the Labor website
See other federal employment posters for specific employment situations.
|
|
|
|
