In January, the healthcare and social assistance sector led job gains with 66,000 new positions, while retail and government added 34,300 and 32,000 jobs.

The number of U.S.-born workers increased by more than 800,000 from May to June, and is also over 2 million higher than when ...

The US economy kicked off 2025 by adding 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than expected; but the unemployment rate dipped to 4%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The January jobs report is unlikely to divert the Federal Reserve from its wait-and-see mode on interest-rate cuts. The combination of firmer payroll readings at the end of 2024 with a [step down ...

Employers added 517,000 jobs in January, according to nonfarm payrolls figures. Unemployment fell to 3.4%, a 54-year low, jobs report shows.

The Labor Department released its January jobs report Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: ...

U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January — a modest slowdown from the two previous months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4%.

Economists had expected about 170,000 new jobs in January. Average hourly wages rose by 0.5% from December and 4.1% from January 2024, coming in a bit hotter than forecasters had expected ...

U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 353,000 in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, easily topping economists' estimate for the creation of 185,000 jobs. Moreover, December's ...

WASHINGTON — Last month, U.S. employers might have shed jobs for the first time in about a year, potentially raising alarms about the economy’s trajectory. Yet even if the January employment ...

Findings from the firm indicate that companies planned 82,307 job cuts in January, a substantial 136% increase from the previous month. However, that is down about 20% from the same time one year ago.