Job Report in US – Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by only 142,000 in September

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care and information, while mining employment fell.

Household Survey Data

In September, the unemployment rate held at 5.1 percent, and the number of unemployed persons (7.9 million) changed little. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons were down by 0.8 percentage point and 1.3 million, respectively. (See table A-1.)

The revised number for August is 136,000 jobs, down from 173,000. According to the household survey, the number of persons employed dropped by 236,000 from August to Septembre. Those are surely not good indicators.

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