Posted June 7, 2019
Employment edges up in May; unemployment rate remains steady
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services and in health care.
Click here to fully read the news release that presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry.
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