U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate fell to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised November and December payrolls higher ...

Nonfarm payrolls growth came in much higher than expected for December. Gains in employment took place in several different areas of the economy, with health care and social assistance leading for ...

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that about 165,000 jobs were added last month, based on their median forecast. The robust performance bolsters the case for the Federal Reserve to ...

U.S. added 256K jobs in December ... The sector maintained its momentum, averaging 57,000 new jobs per month throughout 2024, consistent with 2023 levels. Government employment continued its ...

U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing views that the Federal Reserve would ...

The number of jobs added in the prior two months were both revised, with job creation in October revised up by 7,000 from a gain of 36,000 to 43,000; while November was revised down by 15,000 ...

Including December’s gains, which are subject to revision, the economy added about 2.2 million jobs in 2024, an average of 186,000 jobs per month. That’s in line with annual totals from 2017 ...

Unemployment, which was expected to hover around 4.2%, fell to 4.1% last month. Healthcare companies added 46,000 jobs, retailers 43,000 and government agencies at the federal, state and local ...

December’s report also rounds out an impressive record for President Biden, who has presided over an average of 355,000 jobs per month added over the course of his term. (That number will ...

The first jobs report since President Donald Trump’s inauguration came out Friday morning, falling short of headline ...