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July 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in July, and nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 114,000. Employment continued to trend up in health care, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing, while information lost jobs. Read More

Sean Malady
August 6, 2024
3 min read

June 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: The unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.1% against expectations it would hold steady at 4.0% Job gains occurred in government, health care, social assistance, and construction. Read More

Sean Malady
July 19, 2024
3 min read

May 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: The unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.0% against expectations it would hold steady at 3.9%. Employment continued to trend up in several industries, led by health care; government; leisure and hospitality; and professional, scientific, and technical services. Read More

Sean Malady
June 10, 2024
3 min read

April 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.9% against expectations it would hold steady at 3.8%. Job gains occurred in health care, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing. Read More

Sean Malady
May 9, 2024
3 min read

March 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 303,000 in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.8 percent. Both the unemployment rate, at 3.8 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 6.4 million, changed little in March. Read More

Sean Malady
April 12, 2024
3 min read

February 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 275,000 in February, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent. The unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9 percent in February, and the number of unemployed people increased by 334,000 to 6.5 million. Job gains occurred in health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing. Read More

Sean Malady
March 28, 2024
3 min read

January 2024 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 353,000 in January, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, retail trade, and social assistance. Employment declined in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry. In January, the unemployment rate was 3.7 percent for the third month in a row, and the number of unemployed people was little changed at 6.1 million. Read More

Sean Malady
February 7, 2024
3 min read

December 2023 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in December The federal unemployment rate was unchanged 3.7 percent. Employment continued to trend up in government, health care, social assistance, and construction, while transportation and warehousing lost jobs. The unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in December, and the number of unemployed persons was unchanged at 6.3 million. Read More

Sean Malady
January 22, 2024
3 min read

November 2023 Job Report Snapshot

Quick Facts: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 199,000 in October. The federal unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent. Job gains occurred in health care and government. Employment also increased in manufacturing, reflecting the return of workers from a strike. Employment in retail trade declined. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.7 percent in November, and the number of unemployed persons showed little change at 6.3 million. Read More

Sean Malady
December 12, 2023
3 min read