State labor economists gathered Tuesday for a virtual webinar discussing the landscape of Idaho’s rural economies, touching on a range of issues from the character of rural labor to the housing ...

Over the past two decades, Idaho’s rural populations have been aging and struggling with housing affordability, but have also ...

A state employee has been dismissed from his position with the Idaho Department of Labor’s Human Rights Commission due to social media rhetoric about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Department of Labor ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Labor released its monthly labor report for February. The labor force for Idaho increased by only 433 people in February, bringing the total number to 1,012,372.

Employers seeking workers will be available at the Fall Kickoff Hiring Event on Thursday, Oct. 2 in Caldwell, the Idaho Department of Labor announced in a news release. If you attend, bring a resume, ...

The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, by the Central Labor Union. They celebrated again a year later, but this was long before it became a national holiday.

Idaho’s average wage for all occupations saw a 5.1% or $1.35 per hour increase between 2023 and 2024, sitting at $28.10 per hour in 2024, according to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor ...

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Idaho Governor Brad Little met with Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) ("Perpetua ...

In addition, U.S. Census Bureau data show that significant changes in income occurred at the top 10% of incomes, while inflation ate into wage gains at the lower end of the scale, according to the ...