About 5.4% of U.S. workers had a second job in February, according to the BLS. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Some owners who had planned to staff up are waiting to see how things shake out with tariffs and consumer spending.

The monthly jobs report is actually two reports based on two surveys that use different sources for different information.

Outside of chronically short-staffed sectors, many firms are finding qualified workers easily. Openings are scarce in some white-collar fields.

Onetime Uber executive Mark Moore based his company, Whisper Aero, in Tennessee and had the staff live together in a former lakeside resort.

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada would suddenly create barriers in what’s been a decades-long free trade region.

Unemployment was at 4.0% in January 2025. Since WWII, it’s never gone lower than 2.5% — which it reached for two months, in 1953.

New research finds that larger fires can depress local hiring for up to three years.

Early retirements during the pandemic limited the number of available workers. And the high cost of living is making it hard to attract new ones.

But it might not be as good news as one might think for the labor market.