Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 312,000 in December, an increase from last month’s upwardly revised reading of 176,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate rose from 3.7 percent to 3.9 percent. Private service-providing industries gained 227,000 jobs, led by education and health services, which added 82,000 jobs. Goods-producing employment rose by 74,000 jobs during ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 155,000 in November, a decrease from last month’s downwardly revised reading of 237,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. Private service-providing industries gained 132,000 jobs, led by health care and social assistance, which added 40,000 jobs. Goods-producing employment rose by 29,000 jobs during the month, as ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 250,000 in October, an increase from last month’s downwardly revised reading of 118,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. Private service-providing industries gained 179,000 jobs, led by education and health services, which added 44,000 jobs. Goods-producing employment rose by 67,000 jobs during the month, as gains ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 134,000 in September, a decrease from last month’s upwardly revised reading of 270,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, the lowest rate since 1969. Private service-providing industries gained 75,000 jobs, led by professional and business services, which added 54,000 jobs. Goods-producing employment rose by 46,000 jobs ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 201,000 in August, an increase from last month’s downwardly revised reading of 147,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate remained at 3.9%. Private service-providing industries gained 178,000 jobs, led by professional and business services and education and health services, which both added 53,000 jobs. Goods-producing employment rose by 26,000 ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 157,000 in July, a decrease from last month’s upwardly revised reading of 248,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9%. Private service-providing industries gained 118,000 jobs, led by professional and business services and leisure and hospitality, adding 51,000 and 40,000, respectively. Goods-producing employment rose by 52,000 ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 213,000 in June, an increase from last month’s upwardly revised reading of 244,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate rose to 4.0%, as more individuals entered the labor force in search of work. Private service-providing industries gained 149,000 jobs, led by education and health services and professional and business ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 223,000 in May, an increase from last month’s downwardly revised reading of 159,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, matching April 2000 as the lowest since 1969. Private service-providing industries gained 171,000 jobs, led by education and health services and retail trade, adding 39,000 and 31,100, ...

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 164,000 in April, an increase from last month’s reading of 135,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the first sub-4% unemployment figure since 2000. Private service-providing industries gained 119,000 jobs, led by professional and business services and education and health care, adding 54,000 and 31,000, respectively. ...

Inflation running under the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target was "a bit of a surprise" to monetary policymakers over the past few years, especially the decline in inflation in 2017 even as the labor market improved, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at an event in Chicago today.