June unemployment shows little change
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 206,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in government, health care, social assistance, and construction.
Construction added 27,000 jobs in June, higher than the average monthly gain of 20,000 over the prior 12 months.
Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining,
quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; transportation and
warehousing; information; financial activities; leisure and hospitality; and other services.
Both the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed people, at 6.8
million, changed little in June. These measures are higher than a year earlier, when the
jobless rate was 3.6% and the number of unemployed people was 6.0 million.
In June, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 34.3 hours for the third consecutive month. In manufacturing, the average workweek was unchanged at 40.2 hours, and overtime remained at 3.0 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours.
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