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_09062024.pdf. Highlights are below. Payroll employment rises by 142,000 in August; unemployment rate changes little at 4.2% 09/06/2024 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in August, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.2 percent. Job gains occurred in construction and health care. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

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