The labor-force participation rate, not seasonally adjusted, for May 2024 was estimated at 44%, which is 3.6 percentage points more than as of January 2021. #NewsismyBusiness
The average weekly wage in San Juan was $805 in the fourth quarter of 2022, up 3.9% from one year earlier. #NewsismyBusiness
Employment in Puerto Rico’s only large county, the municipality of San Juan, decreased 7.3% from September 2019 to September 2020, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed. Large counties are defined as those with 2019 annual average employment of 75,000 or more. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that in September 2020, San Juan’s employment […]