The 10 WORST STATES for JOBS
Are ya out of work? If so, you’re in the minority. If you’ve been paying attention, only 3 and a half percent of the population is unemployed right now. That’s the lowest it’s been in the last 50 years.
And there’s plenty of jobs out there, too. Lots of companies can’t hire enough people, especially in blue collar industries like trucking and construction, in technology, and in high level health care.
If you don’t have a job now and you’re looking, it shouldn’t be long until you get one. If you’ve been out of work for a long time, you’re likely lazy. Except for very special circumstances.
So, the economy is booming and companies can’t grow fast enough to keep up with demand. But of course, there’s gonna be some states where the job scene is the worst. Not always terrible, but someone has to finish last right?
10. Oregon
In Oregon, the unemployment rate is currently 4.1% the 12th highest in the nation. But, we factored in more than just the current snapshot of the job situation to cast a wider picture.
We also measured job growth over the past year. There are 12 states with negative job growth right now, and three where job growth is zero. Oregon is one of those three.
So, a 4.1% unemployment rate and zero job growth rate means Oregon’s job quotient is 4.1.
9. West Virginia
No surprises that West Virginia is towards the bottom when it comes to jobs. The Mountain State’s 4.7% unemployment rate is the 5th worst in the country, but West Virginia’s job growth has been steady, growing at .4%, which is actually the 6th highest rate in the US. That gives West Virginia a job quotient score of 4.3.
Now lets compare that to our best state for jobs in the USA, Colorado, which has a 2.7% unemployment rate and a .8% job growth rate for a job quotient of 1.9. The state with the lowest unemployment rate is Vermont, where only 2.2% of the population is out of work.
New Jersey and Alabama are tied with Colorado with the best current job growth rates.
8. Kentucky
Here in Kentucky, the unemployment rate is 4.4% which is the 7th highest rate, and the job growth is -.1%.
-.1% means that there have been a loss of about 18,000 jobs over the last year here.
Like other states, Kentucky’s job gains came in health care, education and manufacturing, and the state saw job losses in mining and logging, as the US is slowly moving towards cleaner energy like natural gas.
7. North Carolina
North Carolina has a 4.1% unemployment rate, which is the 12th worst, but the Tar Heel state saw it’s job sector shrink by .4%, which is the 3rd highest rate of job losses in the nation.
6. Michigan
In Michigan, the numbers are very similar to those in North Carolina. A 4.2% unemployment rate and a -.3% job growth rate, resulting in a job quotient of 4.5.
Michigan has lost 6,000 jobs in manufacturing. Some people have said that a trade war with China is part of the problem. Other states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have seen similar dips in manufacturing jobs.
Of course, the auto industry is a big deal in Michigan. But slowing sales and rising inventories are leading to slight production cuts and job losses. Basically, people are buying less cars lately.
5. Washington
In Washington, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, the 6th highest in the nation. And the job rate has shrunk by -.2% in the last year.
The state of Washington saw a net loss of 1,600 jobs in the last reporting month. The largest job growth was in retail, technology and construction. Manufacturing jobs are down here, too, but unlike other states we’ve seen, Washington lost jobs in education and healthcare.
4. Arizona
Here in the state of Arizona, the unemployment rate is really low at 4.9%, but the job growth rate is climbing. Over the last year, Arizona did add a net 27,000 jobs, which is about average.
3. New Mexico
Here in New Mexico, the unemployment rate is tied with Arizona at 4.9%. However, unlike Arizona, which is making strides, New Mexico’s job growth rate was essentially zero.
So that means 1 in 20 people is out of work, and will likely remain out of work for the foreseeable future.
2. Alaska
Next up is Alaska, which has the nation’s highest unemployment rate at 6.2%. That’s almost twice the national average.
There are a few reasons for Alaska’s high jobless rate. Alaska has a lot of seasonal jobs that only happen in the summer. This includes tourism, commercial fishing, and firefighting.
However, on the bright side, the job growth rate here is .3%, so that’s promising.
1. Mississippi
Here in the Magnolia State, the unemployment rate is a little better than Alaska, at 5.5%. However, Mississippi has seen a -.5% job decline in the last year, the worst in the nation.
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Independent Contractor jobs are great but u have to connect with a good business
The way the wind generators are working we should go back to more call.
So we’re gonna ignore the fact that the pinto flipped & exploded a few seconds after being rear ended.
The reason people don’t want blue collar jobs is because you break your body so you can live paycheck to paycheck.
Demashits run states
New Jersey Should Be At the top of the list with all these dam Temp Agencies !!!
How does your list stand up the current Covid-19 pandemic?
There is also nursing school in my first year of working as a nurse I made $55,00 now in my second I am going to make $70,000-$80000 and this is just my base pay discounting overtime.
WOW! I didn’t know you live in NC, too? I want to mention why we can’t find a job with a BS or BA or even a health care degree. Around in NC is all about who you know. Not what you know. Plus, they have to set the qualifications too high! They want you to have at least 1, 2 or more yrs of experience. How are we college grad going to find a job while they won’t give a chance?
Notice how Conservatives criticize a $15- hour minimum wage. They’re the ones least likely to apply for minimum wage jobs. And employers cut back on hours and/or hiring in the name of bigger profit!
Yeah I’m in Oregon and the most popular job is making 2×4 boards in Roseburg
love the content
You should add Baltimore maryland
Good job Nick man!
What do you say about the neighbor Tn vs N.C? Still looking to relocate
Thanks man !
Hi.. I got admission in northern Illinois university,dekalb. But I have one doubt. The part time jobs are available or not. Plz reply to me
Was a 4 year Liberal arts degree ever valueable?
Even though the cost of living is ridiculous, thankfully NJ has been super busy over the last 10 years. Lots of construction, technology, and medical jobs to go around. I work in Fire protection and life safety technology and business has been good. I didn’t miss a single day of work in 2020 and I’ve been thankful everyday along the way. Lots of businesses did close for good though and I’ve been outspoken about opening everything and getting everyone else back to work. Healthy people should be able to earn a living. The only people who should be quarantined or isolated are the sick and the vulnerable.
I have no idea why…but then I’m watching from my office at work 😆
I have always loved the blue collar men. I was watching them build a casino in St. Louis. You had your plumbers, carpenters, fitters, floor layers, operators, electricians, flat workers, iron workers, painters, brick layers, tile layers, and many more. They have great bodies from hard work and with little to no education they have learned amazing skills that most white collar men couldn’t do if their life depended on it. They make great money with a great pension. The college guy was only capable of drawing up a blueprint and usually makes less money.
7:51 I am 😂
WHen was a liberal arts degree ever worthwhile?
Wow. Republican Privilege at its best. You asume people don’t want to live a good life and have a job if they’re out of work. Also, people can’t pass drug tests? How about you stick to the data and empirical truths, not your bad opinions and put down of people downtrotten.
I work at a plastics company. It is the worst job I’ve ever had. They’re 12.5 hour long shifts. 4 days one week and 3 days the next, but when I’m off I’m either nursing my sore back or sleeping. To add to that the moral sucks and everyone there miserable.
The video of Oregon is partly from the Oregon district in Dayton, Ohio bahaha The street with the yellow building.
Oh how things have changed…
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I live in Michigan. I was born epilepsy, no medication I have ever tried worked. So there were no jobs I could really do that didn’t trigger seizures, which I had 3 or 4 of everyday. I tried to working, but jobs would trigger seizures. When my seizures finally started coming less often and less severe. So I decided to look for a job. I am very limited in what type of job I could handle with my seizures. It took 4 years of putting in applications to finally have someone hire me. For a sad $10.00 an hour. It wasn’t much but at least I was finally earning my own money, that felt great. But it’s still not enough to be independent, and I can’t drive and live in a suburb of Detroit and our bus stops are far away and sucks, but I don’t make enough to move.
That’s another things that makes this state hard to live in, it’s harder to get back and forth to work when your public transportation is horrible. I desperately need to move with better public transportation or warm enough to walk year round just to have the opportunity to go to work without depending on family to get me there and finally be as independent as I want to be.
Rhode Island is another jobless state. I am surprised that you didn’t mention it in your video.🤔
"lowest unemployment rate in years"
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Your close minded. Just another conservative spelling statistics that are not true and real world. Not progressive this type of capitalism does not work.
Sure, making this type of videos is a serious job😅
Wow this aged weird.
Hey! Go take a bath or something! i’ve got a ’78 Ford Pinto and I love it because it’s one of the best cars I’ve ever owned and it’s a lot of fun to drive. What’s more the heater works fine!
California: “THEY TOOK OUR JOBS” – Eric Cartman
😮😯😲🥺😔Michigan I Did not see that coming I see a coming now
But before then seeing that there were a lot of Jobs. Whenever I don’t live here anymore anyway. I’m using this video find a new place to Move.
Hire only starving dogs never hire lazy ass self entitled muricans 😋
Nick, Just saw this. You need a 2021 edition of this. For Ore-gone, it fluctuates with the semiconductor industry.
A lot of those advertisements for job openings are BS!!
Kentucky has to be on the list i just left there and there were no jobs at all
Then came Corona virus
Recent sub and I love your videos! They have just the right amount of humor, sarcasm and information. Lol.
3 1/2% out of work? More like 25% now.
OK NICK,WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU WORKED A JOB!
Please don’t pick on Mississippi there are alot of jobs in the furniture industry in north Mississippi and they have alot of problems getting people to stay.
Yea! go Colorado!!!
3% ? He obviously made this video before covid-19
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Coronavirus:
*Helo*
3 universities and nothing but laundry