Employment Situation News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Employment Situation news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_01102020.pdf. Highlights are below. Payroll employment rises by 145,000 in December; unemployment rate unchanged at 3.5% 01/10/2020 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 145,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent. Notable job gains occurred in retail trade and health care, while mining lost jobs. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts | Commissioner's Statement

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