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_02072025.pdf. Highlights are below. Payroll employment rises by 143,000 in January; unemployment rate edges down to 4.0% 02/07/2025 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 143,000 in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.0 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, retail trade, and social assistance. Employment declined in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

Update Subscriber Preferences  |   Change Password or Email Address  |   Send Feedback |   Follow Us  NEW Charts Related to the Latest BLS News Releases: https://www.bls.gov/charts/ Questions or problems? Please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending on behalf of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212-0001