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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent. Employment increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs.
Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July. Employment declined in local government education and retail trade. Employment continued to trend up in health care.
Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care. Employment in financial activities declined.
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 178,000 in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing. Federal government employment continued to decl…
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged down by 92,000 in February, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.4 percent. Employment in health care decreased, reflecting strike activity. Employment in information and federal government continued to trend do…
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs.
Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December. Employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, and social assistance. Retail trade lost jobs.
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in November (+64,000) and has changed little since April. The November unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, little changed from September. Employment rose in health care and construction in November, while federal…
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in September (+119,000), and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.4 percent. Employment trended up in health care, food services and drinking places, and social assistance. Transportation and warehousing and fede…
Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+22,000) and the unemployment rate (4.3 percent) changed little in August. A job gain in health care was partially offset by losses in federal government and in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
