Disability Employment Statistics Released for March 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has released disability employment statistics for March showing that the percentage of people with disabilities in the labor force was 21.0. By comparison, the percentage of persons with no disability in the labor force was 69.7. The unemployment rate for those with disabilities was 15.6 percent, compared with 8.9 percent for persons with no disability, not seasonally adjusted. Click here for more information.