
- Prior 90.4k
- Unemployment rate 6.2% vs 6.2% expected
- Prior 6.1%
- Participation rate 65.4%
- Prior 65.4%
- Full-time employment -35.6k
- Prior 40.1k
- Part-time employment 62.4k
- Prior 50.3k
It's a slight beat but nothing overly significant, with total employment being up by 0.1% (+27k) to 20,518,000 persons on the month. The jobless rate ticked higher as well and is now nearly up 1% compared to the same period last year.
Looking at the details, employment rose the most in healthcare and social assistance (+30k) as well as in finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (+29k). It fell the most in construction (-30k) as well as transportation and warehousing (-21k).