In May, construction added 25,000 jobs, above the average of 17,000 jobs added per month over the past 12 months. Selected Payroll Categories 3-Month increase.

U.S. hiring accelerated in May as employers added a booming 339,000 jobs and the labor market shrugged off high interest rates and persistent inflation. The unemployment rate, which is calculated ...

What To Expect From the Jobs Report According to a survey by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, economists expect the report to show 125,000 jobs were added in May.

Another big source of job creation in May was health care, which saw payrolls increase by 52,400. Hospitals accounted for the bulk of those gains, adding 19,600 workers. There were also ...

The Labor Department's May jobs report is expected to show that the U.S. economy added 190,000 jobs last month despite aggressive interest-rate hikes.

The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls grew by 139,000 in May—ahead of economists' estimates for 125,000 jobs created but falling under April's 147,000 new payrolls as well ...

Job openings rose for the second straight month in May, as trade tensions cooled and employers shrugged off uncertainty to add to their payrolls.

Even people who lost their old jobs permanently made progress last month: The number of such people dropped by 295,000 in May to 3.2 million. But that is still up 59% from 2 million in April 2020.