{"id":744,"date":"2010-08-23T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T20:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/blog\/?p=744"},"modified":"2010-09-23T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T01:39:00","slug":"10-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/10-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"10 States With Ridiculously Low Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"http:\/\/mapsof.net\/united_states\/static-maps\/png\/united-states-flag-map\" src=\"http:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/images\/thumbnail.aspx?q=243279080012&amp;id=1f9f6130e1a56a976900feac3739c98e&amp;index=ch1\" alt=\"Go to fullsize image\" width=\"160\" height=\"99\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every U.S. state experienced job losses during the recent downturn, but thanks to the right mix of industries, natural resources, and skilled workers, some states have a far lower unemployment rate than the 9.5% national average.<\/p>\n<p>Want to crack the jobs problem? Let&#8217;s start by studying these sources of American strength&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iowa &#8212; Outperforming with a diverse economy plus agriculture<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.8%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minnesota &#8212; A state with manufacturing, raw materials, and high education<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><strong><strong>(Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.8%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wyoming &#8212; Riding commodities, tourism, and perhaps its tax policies. Doing well despite low levels of education. <\/strong><strong>(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.7%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas &#8212; Powered by agriculture, energy, and aerospace<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.5%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawaii &#8212; A tourism magnet with a large population of affluent Americans<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.3%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vermont &#8212; Driven by agriculture and industries utilizing the state&#8217;s highly educated population<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>6.0%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Hampshire &#8212; Powered by agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and a highly educated population<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>5.8%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nebraska &#8212; An agricultural and transport hub, with some diversity as well<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>4.7%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Dakota &#8212; Gets a big boost from government, but also has services and agriculture<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>4.4%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Dakota &#8212; Powered by agriculture and commodities<br \/>\n(<strong>Unemployment Rate: <\/strong>3.6%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\"><em>source: <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ten-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment-rates-and-why-2010-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">businessinsider<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #3399cc;\">click here for more salary information<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every U.S. state experienced job losses during the recent downturn, but thanks to the right mix of industries, natural resources, and skilled workers, some states have a far lower unemployment rate than the 9.5% national average. Want to crack the jobs problem? Let&#8217;s start by studying these sources of American strength&#8230; Iowa &#8212; Outperforming with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[296,286,283,282,287,293,298,291,288,295,294,297,299,292,39,290,300,289,284,285],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search-advice","tag-aerospace","tag-affluent-americans","tag-agriculture-energy","tag-agriculture-tourism","tag-american-strength","tag-commodities","tag-diversity","tag-downturn","tag-high-education","tag-job-losses","tag-magnet","tag-natural-resources","tag-north-dakota","tag-raw-materials","tag-salary-information","tag-skilled-workers","tag-south-dakota","tag-tax-policies","tag-transport-hub","tag-unemployment-rate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}