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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in healthcare, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs. Read More

Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in December (+50,000) and has shown little change since April. The unemployment rate, at 4.4% , also changed little in December. Employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, and social assistance. Retail trade lost jobs. Read More

Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in August (+22,000) and has shown little change since April. The unemployment rate, at 4.3% , also changed little in August. Read More

Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in July (+73,000) and has shown little change since April. The unemployment rate was steady at 4.2 percent. Employment continued to trend up in health care and in social assistance. Federal government continued to lose jobs. Read More

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 139,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent. Employment continued to trend up in health care, leisure and hospitality, and social assistance. Federal government continued to lose jobs. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) decreased over the month by 218,000 to 1.5 million. Read More

The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent in April and has remained in a narrow range of 4.0 percent to 4.2 percent since May 2024. The number of unemployed people, at 7.2 million, changed little in April. Read More

Both the unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.1 million, changed little in March. Job gains occurred in health care, in social assistance, and in transportation Read More

Both the unemployment rate, at 4.1 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.1 million, changed little in February. Employment trended up in health care, finance, transportation and warehousing, and social assistance. Read More

The unemployment rate edged down to 4.0 percent in January. The number of unemployed people, at 6.8 million, changed little over the month. Read More