Arizona’s unemployment rate in May was 6.7%; last week, the federal government reported the country’s unemployment rate in June rose to 5.9%, despite adding 850,000 jobs.
There are reports of some companies and industries struggling to find enough workers and of employees leaving their jobs and being more choosy when looking for a new one.
To get a sense of what’s going on in the state’s labor market, The Show spoke with Dave Wells, research director at the Grand Canyon Institute.
