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US unemployment and employment data

August 2024

  • People attend a job fair

    Weak US jobs growth for July sparks Wall Street sell-off

    US economy added 114,000 jobs in July in significant dip from June while unemployment increased to highest level since October 2021

July 2024

  • People in field bend to pick bell peppers

    US economy adds 206,000 June jobs as labor market cools slightly

    Number is close to what was expected, as unemployment rate creeps above 4% for first time in two years

June 2024

  • A red 'Now Hiring' sign sits on grass

    US adds 272,000 jobs as labor market holds unexpectedly strong

    Figures show unexpected resiliency of job market as Fed keeps interest rates high try to tamp down 3.4% inflation

January 2024

  • A man points to a sheet of paper

    US adds 216,000 jobs in December as stronger than expected rise caps robust year

    While growth has slowed, the labor force defied fears of a downturn amid highest inflation levels in a generation

November 2023

  • Bar chart of monthly change in US nonfarm jobs, with the most recent month annotated

    US added 150,000 jobs in October as pace of growth slows sharply

    Market cools as number of jobs added comes in lower than the 180,000 that economists had been expecting

September 2023

  • A Chipotle restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, advertises it is hiring.

    Biden hails strength of economy as US adds 187,000 jobs in August

    Number of new jobs matches July’s total, reflecting resilience of labor market even with high interest rates

August 2023

  • Workers at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia to listen to a speech by Joe Biden in July.

    US economy adds 187,000 July jobs in sign labor market is cooling

    Figure is less than expected in first jobs report since Fed raised interest rate to 22-year high

July 2023

  • A now hiring sign in a shop window

    US economy adds 209,000 jobs in June as hiring slows

    Rise was lower than the 240,000 jobs economists had expected though job market remains robust

June 2023

  • A sign for a recruitment company is seen in a subway station in New York.

    US jobs market remains strong despite high interest rates and debt ceiling fight

    US adds 339,000 jobs in May, surpassing forecasts, as unemployment rate increases slightly to 3.7%

April 2023

  • A man rides an electric scooter past a 'Now hiring' sign outside a business.

    US adds 236,000 jobs in March as labor market weakens

    March saw fewer jobs added to economy compared with February as effects of Fed’s interest rate increases are felt

February 2023

  • A part-time cashier job is advertised in the window of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California.

    US adds 517,000 jobs in January in huge gain for labor market

    Total is far higher than what economists expected even as Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates to bring down inflation

January 2023

  • FILES-US-ECONOMY-EMPLOYMENT-INDICATOR-ADP-WAGE<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 18, 2022, a job fair hiring new postal workers and mail carrier assistants outside a USPostal Service post office in Inglewood, California. - Hiring in the US jumped in December with a boost from service industries, although salary growth slowed, payroll firm ADP said on january 5, 2023. Private employment bounced by 235,000 jobs last month, more than analysts expected, with job creation robust across small and medium establishments, according to an ADP survey. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

    US adds 223,000 jobs in December, ending 2022 on high note

    Continued strength of jobs market comes as Fed struggles to cool hiring and bring down inflation by raising interest rates

December 2022

  • FILES-US-ECONOMY-EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT-INDICATOR<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 18, 2022, a person receives employment information during a job fair hiring new postal workers and mail carrier assistants at a US Postal Service in Inglewood, California. - US employers slowed the pace of hiring in August after the surprising surge in the prior month and the jobless rate edged up, the government reported on September 2, 2022. Even with the slowing pace, the job gains bring employment above the pre-pandemic level, the Labor Department said. US employment increased by 315,000 jobs last month, the report said, which was in line with what economists were expecting after the 526,000 hires in July. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

    US adds 263,000 jobs in November as unemployment rate stays at 3.7%

    Jobs market remains strong even as Fed imposes biggest series of rate rises in decades in effort to tame inflation

November 2022

  • Two men walk outside a building that bears the Twitter blue bird logo. One man is staring at his mobile phone.

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  • A McDonald’s in Garden Grove, California in July.

    US adds 261,000 jobs in October as unemployment rate rises slightly

October 2022

  •  Construction workers fasten the frame of a new building on 3 May 2021 in Miami.

    US employers added 263,000 new jobs in September as ‘cracks’ appear in labor market

    Jobs market growth has remained robust despite rising interest rates and fears of a recession, but how long it can maintain trajectory is unknown

September 2022

  • An applicant for a job at the USPS in Inglewood, California. The latest jobs report is the last to be released before the Fed meets again in September.

    US added 315,000 jobs in August as strong market defies signs of worsening economy

    Numbers come as Jerome Powell says Federal Reserve intends to continue interest rate hikes to try to tamp down inflation

August 2022

  • American Employment Rates, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA - 08 Aug 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek/REX/Shutterstock (13078236c) 'Now Hiring' signs are displayed on a roadside outside a business in Northampton Pa., on Monday Aug. 8, 2022. American Employment Rates, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA - 08 Aug 2022

    Long Covid keeping 2-4 million Americans out of workforce, report says

  • A hiring sign is placed at a booth at a job fair in Los Angeles.

    US adds 528,000 jobs in July as market returns to pre-pandemic levels

July 2022

  • Job gains in June were notable in the professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and healthcare.

    US adds 372,000 jobs in June as growth exceeds expectations

    US unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, labor department said, as jobs report indicated resilience
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