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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Idaho's Labor Market Information System
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Your source for labor market information for the state of Idaho. Within this site you can find economic information to help you make informed decisions whether you are an employer or a job seeker, a student or an economic analyst.
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Idaho employers opened 2010 by hiring fewer workers than in any two-month period on record, sending February's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 9.5 percent and stopping just short of breaking the record 9.6 percent rate in 1982-83. Read more ... 03/12/2010
Idaho employers continued reining in access to health care coverage between 2007 and 2009 as the state's economy moved from creating more jobs than any other state to shedding more than 8 percent of its jobs. Read more ... 02/26/2010
As the recession wore on, Idaho’s population growth slowed considerably between July 1, 2008 and July 1, 2009, but the state still ranks as the 12th fastest growing state in the nation. Read More... 12/24/2009
Idaho Targeted Employment Areas
 The Under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §1153(b)(5), 10,000 immigrant visas per year are available to qualified individuals seeking permanent resident status on the basis of their engagement in a new commercial enterprise. Permanent EB-5 resident status is available to investors, either alone or coming with their spouse and unmarried children. Eligible aliens are those who have invested – or are actively in the process of investing – the required amount of capital into a new commercial enterprise that they have established. They must further demonstrate that this investment will benefit the United States economy and create the requisite number of full-time jobs for qualified persons within the United States. The Idaho targeted employment areas outlined in this document are areas that fulfill certain economic requirements that distinguish between an investment of $500,000 or $1,000,000. View Map or Read more... 11/25/2009
Idaho’s Median Wage Rose 3.8 Percent in 2008
 The median wage for all occupations in Idaho rose just 3.8 percent from spring 2007 to spring 2008, exceeding the national increase of 3.1 percent during the first six months of the national recession. Read more... 08/14/09 Occupational Employment & Wage Survey 2009
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Latest Idaho Statistics & Publications
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Statewide 9.5%
(Seasonally Adjusted, forecast data February 2010)
1,545,801 (2009)
1,523,816 (2008)
1,499,402 (2007)
1,466,465 (2006)
1,429,096 (2005)
$31,197 (2007)
CPI-U 214.5 (Annual 2009)
CPI-U 216.7 (January 2010)
Percent Change
Dec-09 Jan-09
0.3% 2.6%
The national Consumer Price Index
rate of inflation is used in Idaho
because there is no index for Idaho.
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