U.S. Gallup Good Jobs Rate Steady at 45.3% in October

Story Highlights October 2015 rate almost full point higher year on year Unemployment lowest Gallup has measured since January 2010 Fewer unemployed or out of the workforce, more working part time WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gallup Good Jobs rate (GGJ) in the U.S. was 45.3% in October. This is even with the rate measured for the past two months, and the highest Gallup has measured for any October since 2012, when the rate was at its 2010-2015 peak of 45.7%. Gallup's GGJ metric -- previously labeled "Payroll to Population" or "P2P" -- tracks the percentage of the U.S. adult population, aged 18 and older, who work for an employer for at least 30 hours per week. GGJ is not...