US Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment Increased by 142,000 in August

06 September 2024
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Both the unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.1 million, changed little in August. These measures are higher than a year earlier, when the jobless rate was 3.8 percent, and the number of unemployed people was 6.3 million.

Source:  U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
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