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Reports & Issue Briefs

This monthly report provides a snapshot of the status of the economic recovery in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This month’s snapshots include state-level data on jobs, unemployment and earnings through November 2015.

Individual state reports can be accessed here.

Highlights:

- Private-sector employment increased in 35 states and the District of Columbia in November.

- The unemployment rate fell in 27 states.

- Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, have increased in 44 states over the past year.

- Home prices increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia over the year ending in the third quarter of 2015.